Protesters Step Off From Bloomfield’s Friendship Park As Some West Penn Hospital Workers Show Support
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Protesters began gathering in Friendship Park in Bloomfield Friday for a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The crowd began gathering around noon, with the march kicking off at 12:30 p.m.
#DEVELOPING A Black Lives Matter Protest is about to get underway in Friendship Park in Bloomfield. More details coming up at noon on @KDKA pic.twitter.com/O7VNfZe1WY
— Nicole Ford (@NicoleFordTV) June 5, 2020
“We will not be doing anything to put our families at risk. Our message is to have a non-violent rebellion,” said one of the protest organizers.
As the protesters gathered, some doctors, staff and other health care workers came out of nearby West Penn Hospital in a show of support. They had signs and joined the national movement to kneel for eight minutes and 46 seconds in solidarity.
#RIGHT NOW Outside West Penn Hospital healthcare workers are joining the national movement to kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in solidarity. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/rEKjaHgBDE
— Nicole Ford (@NicoleFordTV) June 5, 2020
On the move, the protesters began heading toward Lawrenceville first.
Hundreds of protestors now on the move out of Friendship Park headed towards Lawrenceville. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/12qa2DXH36
— Nicole Ford (@NicoleFordTV) June 5, 2020
Protests have been happening all week across the city and Southwestern Pennsylvania in support of George Floyd and his family, and the Black Lives Matter Movement.
One of three memorial services was held for Floyd on Thursday in Minneapolis. The officers involved in his death have all been charged.
Stay with KDKA for all the latest on this developing story.