Police Support Rally meets Black Lives Matter Protest

Police Support Rally meets Black Lives Matter Protest

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I’M SHARIARMSTRONG.PEOPLE ACROSS THEAREA...CONTINUING TO TAKE ASTAND.TODAY...A RALLY HELD IN FORTMYERS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR LAENFORCEMENT GOT PRETTYHEATED...AFTER A GROUP OF SILEPROTESTERS ALSO SHOWED UP.FOX 4’S CHRISTINA EVANS WASTHERE AND SHOWS US HOW BOTHGROUPS EXERCISED THEIR RIGHT TOFREE SPEECH.(:48-:54)(1:05-1:12(1:39-1:57)THE RALLY TURNED PROTEST BEGANHERE AT NOON IN CENTENNIAL PARK.A DAY OF SUPPORT STAYIPEACEFUL DESPITE SEEING GEOUFROM TWO VDIFFERENPERSPECTIVES.PKG*NATS* TRUMPET PLAYERPEOPLE GATHERED TODAY TO SUPPORTTHE BLUE*NAT* BLUE LIVES MATTER!THE PROUD PATRIOTS FOR SOUTHWESTFLORIDA HELD THEIR LAWENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAYRALLY TO SUPPORT CURRENT POLICEOFFICERS AS WELL AS HONOR FALLENOFFICERS*NATS*MAYOR HENDERSON OF FORT MYERSSTOPPED IN AND GAVE A SPEECHTHANKING THE FAMILIES OF FALLENOFFICERSSOT: MAYOR HENDERSON3:45The best reason to be here is tosupport those families who havelost loved ones to violentcrime.

Their lives have beentaken while they were protectingour citizensprotecting our citizenswhile they were lives have beentaken to violent crime.

Theirhave lost loved ones thosefamilies who have lost lovedones to violent crime.

Theirlives have been taken while theywere protecting our citizensCO-ORGANIZER MIKE RANDALL SAIDTODAY WAS ABOUT UNITY BETWEENCOMMUNITY AND POLICESOT:1:23Thats what it’s about.

Its aboutuniting.

Everyone says this wordunite as a catchphrase but theyneed to start practicing whatthey preach.

And that’s why wecameHALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAM, AGROUP OF BLACK LIVES MATTERACTIVISTS SAT DOWN ACROSS FROMTHE RALLY WITH SIGNS TO SILENTLYPROTESTATTENDERS OF THE RALLY THENBEGAN TO DIRECT THEIR ATTENTIONTO COUNTER-PROTEST THE BLACKLIVES MATTER GROUP*NATS*GROUP ADMINISTRATOR, MAPAPEACOCK, TOLD ME WHY SHE THOUGHTIT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW UPTODAY3:20Yes today was a rally for thefallen officers.

But that is whywe came with respect, and weshowed peace to a whole otherlevel.

And I feel like we madethe message clear.

We’