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Protesters marched on the police station in Rochester, New York, on Monday amid public anger at the recent pepper-spraying of a 9-year-old Black girl.
Videos showed protesters push-over barricades set-up outside the Rochester Police Department (RPD) building as they marched with banners and placards, some with “Black Lives Matter” written on them.
The protest came as several officers were suspended with an investigation pending, after Rochester’s mayor asked the police department to respond to public anger over the arrest of the 9 year-old.
“What happened Friday was simply horrible, and has rightly outraged, all of our community,’ said mayor Lovely Warren in a statement.
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