“We’ve said enough:” Group stages silent march for racial justice

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Demonstrators held a silent march against racial injustice Saturday night in Clayton County.

Channel 2′s Audrey Washington talked to demonstrators, who said they wanted to remain silent because they’ve said all they needed to say about racial injustice. Now, they want action.

The NAACP Clayton County youth council organized the march to call for an end to racial injustice.

Before the event, Washington spoke to march leaders Cheryl Baldwin, President of the NAACP in Clayton County and Alana Pittman, the president of the youth council.

“We believe we’ve said enough,” Baldwin said. “Why do we keep chanting? We’ve said enough.”

“It’s bigger than black and white,” Pittman said. “It’s bigger than the base of police shootings.”

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Organizers said they marched Saturday night specifically for Breonna Taylor, the Louisville, Kentucky first responder who was shot and killed by police inside her own home, and for Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old massage therapist and violinist who died after being placed in a chokehold by police in Aurora, Colorado and sedated by medics.

“What happened to Elijah should not have happened,” Baldwin said.

They also marched for Kenneth Herring, the black man shot and killed by a white woman in Clayton County during a road dispute in 2019. Police said the accused shooter, Hannah Payne, through Herring left the scene of an accident.

Police said Herring called 911, blocked the 62-year-old and shot him when he refused to get out of the car.

“She’s at home on a $3,000 bond. She has a curfew. She’s free to do whatever she wants,” Baldwin said. “I think she is a threat to society.”

Pittman said she hopes the march sends a deeper message.

‘If you are on the different side of All Lives Matter, we need to understand that the reason that our lives matter, is that all lives can’t matter until black lives matter,” Pittman said.

Organizers said they plan to continue to hold more silent marches in the coming months.

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