Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Arlingtonians protest and march from Ballston to Clarendon in honor of George Floyd and others killed in police violence (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon in June 2020 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Watching a Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest that marched from Ballston to Clarendon (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter sign in Ballston (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Police blocking traffic on Wilson Blvd near the Clarendon Metro station, due to the protest
Overhead traffic camera view of protesters at the Clarendon Metro station
Black Lives Matter protest gathering outside the Ballston Metro station (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Black Lives Matter protest on Fairfax Drive, marching from Ballston to Clarendon (photo courtesy anonymous)
(Updated at 3:50 p.m.) Hundreds of protesters marched from Ballston to the Clarendon Metro station Tuesday afternoon, a peaceful demonstration in memory of George Floyd.
Protesters marched along Fairfax Drive, chanting “I can’t breathe,” “Black Lives Matter,” and “no justice, no peace.” They also held signs: “silence is violence,” “justice for George Floyd,” and more.
After arriving in Clarendon, the demonstrators held a moment of silence, with each kneeling and raising a fist.
The protest started at 2 p.m. and was still on-going in Clarendon as of 3:30 p.m. Arlington County Police motorcycle officers accompanied the marchers, stopping vehicular traffic with rolling road blocks. Wilson Blvd is currently closed near the Clarendon Metro station.
This is at least the third large, peaceful protest held in Arlington since Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers, one of whom has been charged with murder. Protesters marched from Shirlington to Ballston on Sunday and hundreds of interfaith demonstrators lined George Mason Drive last night.
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