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A large group of protesters, most of them young people, marched for more than an hour in McKinney on Sunday, joining a nationwide movement against police brutality.
Many of the students are part of the Greater Dallas chapter of March for Our Lives, an organization that works against gun violence that formed after a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
The group organized the event in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who died in police custody.
“We’re the people who are going to be living in this world for the longest,” Sydney Brown, who helped organized the rally, told WFAA-TV. “So, we need to make sure that we are safe in the world that we feel comfortable living in and that we created ourselves.”
McKinney City Council member La’Shadion Shemwell, who also spoke at events in Dallas and Mesquite this weekend, took part in the march, live streaming more than an hour of students leading chants like “No Justice, No Peace,” “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” and “Say his name: George Floyd!”
The city’s mayor, George Fuller, also was present for an earlier protest in downtown McKinney at the Old Collin County Courthouse before joining some of the students’ march.
“What happened was atrocious. Unconscionable,” he told WFAA-TV. “So, to have people stand up and peacefully express that, especially young people and students of all races, it’s impressive.”