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VIDEO: Hundreds Line Hilo Street In Support Of Black Lives Matter
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by Big Island Video News
on Jun 6, 2020 at 9:20 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HILO, Hawaiʻi - Hundreds were out in Hilo on Saturday, on the street and in the water, to stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

(BIVN) – Several hundred people lined both sides of Kamehameha Highway in Hilo on Saturday, holding signs and wearing masks as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to take a stand in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

The Hawaiʻi island demonstration follows the May 25th killing of 46-year-old George Floyd under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis, and the civil unrest that has swept the nation in the time since. The Hilo demonstration was a peaceful event, unlike the looting and violence that has erupted elsewhere in the United States.

Surfers also paddled out into Hilo Bay that same morning to participate in 8:46 minutes of silence in a peaceful remembrance.


Filed Under: Hilo Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Hilo Bayfront

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