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Peaceful protest held in downtown Fredonia

A peaceful protest was held Monday on the corner of Route 20 and Temple Street in the village of Fredonia. OBSERVER Photo by Jo Ward

A peaceful protest to support Black Live Matter was held on the corner of Route 20 and Temple Street in the village of Fredonia on Monday.

About a dozen individuals gathered on all four corners calmly holding up signs in support of African American issues plaguing the U.S. since the George Floyd incident that happened Memorial Day.

“I was biking past, I saw them out here so I went home and got a sign,” Simon Morrow told the OBSERVER. “I’ve been seeing protests happening all over the country and I really wanted to participate in any way that I could.”

The protest was partly organized by Nigel Reynolds, who put up a post a few days ago with a date and time he was going to be at the location and invited people to join him.

“I was going to be out here and people came out and joined me,” Reynolds responded. “I am a person of color and it’s really easy to say you support and then not really show your support, especially in a time like this. My brethren are fighting, what am I doing to help them? Sitting behind a phone typing out #BlackLiveMatter? Although that’s effective, I could do more.”

Cars honked their horns and yelled out praise to the people standing there, showing their solidarity with them and one woman even ran over and gave the protesters $20 for food and drinks; the protesters opted to donate it to charity instead.

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