Photos: Day 10 of protests ends with 'defund police' painted on road leading to Capitol
From the Pain and protest: Madison responds to the police killing of George Floyd (Summer 2020) series
Day 10 of protests against police violence in Madison featured a grill out and block party, public defenders marching for black lives and "DEFUND POLICE" painted in giant letters on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — leading from the city and county government buildings straight to the Capitol.
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A key demand of protesters over the last two weeks over the killing of George Floyd — "defund police" — was painted on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between the Madison Municipal Building and the City-County Building, at top, during a protest Monday night. Organizers did not seek city permission for the project.
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Protesters painted "defund police" in giant letters on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday night. The street leads from the state Capitol to Monona Terrace, passing between the Madison Municipal Building and City-County Building, at top.
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Without city permission, protesters painted "DEFUND POLICE" in giant letters on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday night. The street leads from the Madison Municipal Building and City-County Building to the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Protesters gather in front of the Madison Municipal Building as they listen to youth organizers speak. Madison's youth have been a driving force of the nighttime protests against George Floyd's death.
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A protester holds a "black lives matter" sign out over the crowd.
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Protesters raise a fist in solidarity with Madison's black community.
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As smoke billows up from a grill cooking burgers and hot dogs, protesters sit and stand on cars to listen to youth organizers speak.
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The nighttime protest resulted in the temporary closure of Doty Street at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Protesters gather in front of the Madison Municipal Building as they listen to youth organizers speak.
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In a separate demonstration earlier Monday, a group of about 100 public defenders and private defense attorneys marched in support of black lives Downtown. Here, the group stopped outside of the Madison Police Department building, and Dane County Judge Appointee Mario White read off the names of black people killed by police officers into a loudspeaker.
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A group of about 100 public defenders and private defense attorneys march around the Capitol Square in Madison to support black lives Monday.
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Assistant state public defender Stanley Woodard speaks to about 100 public defenders and private defense attorneys on the steps of the Dane County Courthouse Monday.
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Yolanda Woodard, who represents indigent people in juvenile and adult cases, spoke to the crowd of about 100 attorneys on the steps of the Dane County Courthouse Monday.
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Assistant state public defender Stanley Woodard speaks to about 100 public defenders and private defense attorneys on the steps of the Dane County Courthouse Monday.
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A group of about 100 public defenders and private defense attorneys took a knee outside the Dane County Courthouse Monday for nearly 9 minutes to symbolize the amount of time former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on the neck of George Floyd before Floyd died.
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While much of the meeting was focused on police reform policy, the end turned into an emotional conversation about race and community healing.
Rhodes-Conway said in a statement Wednesday she "failed to center" a message of racial justice in a seemingly private video she sent to police expressing gratitude and sympathy.
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