The US capital is a city transformed, jolted out of its coronavirus slumber by an adrenaline shot of righteous rage: US correspondent Matthew Knott at the White House
The US capital is a city transformed, jolted out of its coronavirus slumber by an adrenaline shot of righteous rage.
Melanie Holmes began her day protesting at Howard University, the famous historically black college where she studies history. From there, she and hundreds of others made their way through the city streets until they reached the White House.Accompanying Holmes were her two young children, Favian and Ava, carrying posters of Floyd and Breonna Taylor, a black woman from Louisville, Kentucky, who died in March after police stormed into her home and shot her while she was sleeping.
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