Subscribe to our free, daily publication for all your local news.
Editor’s Note: Technical difficulties with a microphone made it necessary to redo the original interview with Emily Gilstrap and Catherine Doucet. Catherine kindly spliced two interviews into one.
Emily Gilstrap and Catherine Doucet speak about racism as they co-organize a peace march and rally in the town Common on Sunday, June 14 at 3 p.m. [CONTINUE READING BELOW].
Emily Gilstrap and Catherine Doucet speak about racism as she co-corganizes a peace march and rally in the town Common on Sunday, June 14 at 3 p.m.
It was the May 25th death of George Floyd in Minneapolis that prompted her to respond to Catherine Doucet’s social media request for help in organizing the event.
The two have joined forces and begun working with members of the Police Department to ensure an organized march and rally. The guest speaker will be civil rights activist and Littleton resident, Roland A. Gibson.
A video showed Floyd dying on the street with police officer Derek Chauvin appearing to press his knee against Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Floyd is heard in the video repeatedly saying he couldn’t breathe and calling for his mother.
Floyd was under arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill, according to reports.
Chauvin has since been charged with with second- and third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter, and the other three police officers who were on the scene are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
Rally attendees will gather at 3 p.m. on the Common with masks, signs, and social distance, where they will hear a call to action and learn specific ways to affect real change within the community and beyond.
You must be logged in to post a comment.