More than 100 protesters took to the streets of Fairfax on Sunday in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Demonstrators rallied and met in small groups, discussing police reform, racism and how to make the community more diverse, inclusive and equitable. Speakers included Joe McGarry, Naomi Schultz, Veronica Geretz and Chance Cutrano, and town Mayor Renee Goddard.
Many lay down in the road at Bolinas Avenue and Broadway in downtown Fairfax for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time that George Floyd was held down by the neck by a Minneapolis police officer before his death.
Note the racial make up of the Town of Fairfax:
At the 2010 census Fairfax had a population of 7,441. The population density was 3,376.9 people per square mile (1,303.8/km²). The racial makeup of Fairfax was 6,617 (88.9%) White, 110 (1.5%) African American, 36 (0.5%) Native American, 204 (2.7%) Asian, 4 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 174 (2.3%) from other races, and 296 (4.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 504 people (6.8%).[9]
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