Over the weekend, two deaths, multiple injuries and thousands of dollars worth of property damage to local businesses occurred in Indianapolis .
On May 29 and May 30, the demonstrations began without conflict. At roughly 3 p.m. May 29, a crowd of people gathered at Monument Circle to call for justice for the murder of George Floyd, who was killed by Minneapolis police on May 25. For hours, protesters, including organizer Lamari Edwards, 20, chanted “Black Lives Matter,” “F— 12,” a euphemism for police, and called for answers surrounding the death of Dreasjon “Sean” Reed. Reed, 21, was killed by a still unidentified Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officer May 6 following a chase.
“We’re here to get justice,” Edwards, a friend of Reed’s, said. “We’re trying to get something started in this city to say ‘Black lives matter.’”
