Photos: Thousands pack the streets of Princeton to protest racism and police brutality

ByKrystal Knapp

In Princeton on Tuesday evening, Nassau Street was a sea of people from Washington Road all the way to Chambers Street. People filled Witherspoon Street from Nassau Street to beyond Spring Street too. Thousands of area residents came out to protest racism and police brutality and call for systemic change at an event that included speeches, chanting, and marching. Fearing looting, some downtown business owners removed valuables from stores, and others on Nassau Street boarded up their windows. But the protests were peaceful, and the only thing that remained after the last marchers departed were chalk drawings on the pavement, many of them honoring the memory of George Floyd.

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    Princeton University Professor Ruha Benjamin addresses the crowd. Photo by Nora Peachin.
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    Princeton University Professor Tracy K. Smith reads a poem. Photo by Nora Peachin.
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    The Rev. Lukata Mjumbe speaks. Photo by Nora Peachin.
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Krystal Knapp is the founding editor of Planet Princeton. Follow her on Twitter @krystalknapp. She can be reached via email at editor AT planetprinceton.com. Send all letters to the editor and press releases to that email address.

6 Comments

    1. I agree with that! Please don’t put those of us (and our families) who have been following quarantine orders for months now in danger.

  3. I am so glad I did not go downtown yesterday. Many of these people are surely infected with COVID-19 if they were not before. And I hope none of them were nursing home workers or have elderly at home.

  4. I don’t understand why they didn’t protest in front of the Police station, or Municipal building. Systematic change should come from the local and state government first.

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