On Friday evening, hundreds rallied at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, before marching to Ebenezer Baptist Church and then to the Atlanta Police Department’s headquarters, where they occupied space peacefully until midnight.
Attorney Mawuli Davis and Georgia NAACP President Francys Johnson led the crowd Friday evening, marching through the streets of downtown Atlanta.
Davis said people didn’t have to look far when it came to police shootings, calling out names of those who had been killed by law enforcement in the Atlanta area.
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