/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins black lives matter – R&R – Reachout and Rebuild https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:33:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Huge Crowd in Bridgehampton: Justice for Floyd https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2020/06/03/huge-crowd-in-bridgehampton-justice-for-floyd/ https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2020/06/03/huge-crowd-in-bridgehampton-justice-for-floyd/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:15:33 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2020/06/03/huge-crowd-in-bridgehampton-justice-for-floyd/ Continue reading →]]> This was easily the largest rally I have ever seen on the South Fork or in Suffolk County.  Official estimate according to the Patch.com about 1000 people.  Just imagine Main street (Rte 27) filled on both sides and on the sidewalks with protestors: from the Bridgehampton Community House to the Monument.  We marched the distance and back, twice.

The chants included: “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”, “Black Lives Matter”, “Justice for Floyd,” “Silence = Violence”, “Be the Change”, “I can’t breathe.”  And the crowd lay on the street face down and hands in the back for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the time that Floyd begged for help.

The videos on the Patch.com are telling.  The story is also covered by the East Hampton Star.

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