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Jalina McClarin leads chants through the East Liberty neighborhood on Mon., July 13, 2020.
Protesters marched to demand "an immediate halt" to plans to bring back the East Liberty station without community council, "cessation of criminalization of Black and Brown communities," and defunding of police and the "refunding of Black and Brown neighborhoods."
The group was met with a series of agitators, including a woman holding a "pro blue" sign and a man wearing a "blue lives matter" shirt, who had been outed at a previous protest for taking photographs of protesters and allegedly handing them over to Pittsburgh Police. Both were chased away from the scene by organizers continuously shouting their messages at them before continuing on the march.
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Organizers chase a man away from their group who was yelling racist remarks as he salutes the Pittsburgh police officer at the end of the street.
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Protesters circle up in front of the Target, as seen from the van that follows the group carrying supplies, like water, for the protesters.
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The remains of the poem by Antwon Rose II, who would've turned 20 years old on Sunday, still remain in East Liberty reading, "I am confused and afraid".
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Protesters march down Centre Avenue shouting 'Black people used to live here!' through the East Liberty neighborhood.
