A large crowd of demonstrators filled Homewood Park Tuesday to protest the deaths of black people who died at the hands of police. The peaceful rally was one of several taking place this week in mostly-white suburbs of Birmingham.
The crowd was diverse, with a large number of white and young people in attendance. Some held signs that read “white silence is consent” and “white silence is violence.”
Hoover-area resident Emma Wilson, 23, who is white, said she invited several of her friends to attend the Alabama Rally Against Injustice, but they declined over safety concerns.
