Blake Ashby, a 23-year-old from the Lakeview neighborhood who wrote the latter message, said he came up with the words while thinking of the progress that has yet to be made almost one year after the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a former Minneapolis cop and the mass social justice movement that followed. Ashby added that he felt both a sense of relief and sharp remorse while participating in the vigil, which provided him a channel for his pain over the events.
Cards with messages against police brutality dangle from Grant Park trees following vigil, protest
