Huron-Perth Boomers Fall 2020

y Ben Forrest
COMMUNITY
On a sunny Saturday in early June, about two weeks
after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of
Minnesota police, several dozen people gathered at Milt
Dunnell Field in St. Marys and marched downtown in
solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
They carried signs that said, “Enough is enough,”
“Racism exists here,” and “Be Anti-Racist,” but were
mostly silent as passing motorists honked in support.
When they reached the historic town hall, a late-19th
Century building made with limestone and red sandstone,
the group raised their fists and knelt for several minutes to
protest police brutality and discrimination against Black,
Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC). Then they
rose to their feet, marched quietly back to the park, and
went about their business in a world that seemed to be
rapidly changing around them.
Similar protests took place across southwestern Ontario,
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