57 years after March on Washington, demonstrators say still "leaps and bounds" to go

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Published on August 29, 2020 - Duration: 01:51s

57 years after March on Washington, demonstrators say still "leaps and bounds" to go

Demonstrators say there's been progress since the original march, but there's still a ways to go.


57 years after March on Washington, demonstrators say still "leaps and bounds" to go

AND THAT SAMEENERGY BEING SEENHERE AT HOME, WITHMARCHERS HITTINGTHE STREETS... IN THENAME OF REFORM ANDRACIAL JUSTICE.GILAT MELAMMEDCONTINUES OURCOVERAGE FROMBUFFALO TONIGHT."YOU CAN'T STOPUS."57 YEARS AFTER THEMARCH ONWASHINGTON.:01"WE WANT EQUALITY,WE WANT OUR NEEDSMET."DOZENS MARCHDOWN HERTELAVENUE IN BUFFALOFOR RACIALEQUALITY."IT'S POWERFULBECAUSE YOU COULDSEE THE CONTRAST,BUT YOU SEE THATNOT MANY THINGS AREDIFFERENT."==BUTT=="THERE HAS BEENPROGRESS MADE, BUTTHERE HASN'T BEENENOUGH PROGRESSMADE."PROTESTERS SAY ONEAREA WITHOUTENOUGH PROGRESSIS POLICE REFORM."I JUST WANT TO LIVEMY LIFE AS A HUMANBEING AND NOTAFRAID TO WALKDOWN THE STREETAND GET PICKED UPBY AN OFFICER FORANY REASON."MARCH CO-ORGANIZER DARIENCHANDLER WANTS TODEFUND THE POLICE.REALLOCATING THEMONEY TO AREAS LIKEEDUCATION ANDHEALTHCARE."AS A PERSON THATCOMES FROM THEEAST SIDE OFBUFFALO, YOURELOCATE THATMONEY TO MAKEMORE OPPORTUNITIESTHEN WHEN YOUMAKE MOREOPPORTUNITIES THATMAKES THE CRIMEGOES DOWN."BUFFALOS CALLS FORRACIAL EQUALITY."BLACK LIVESMATTER."ECHOED BYTHOUSANDS IN DC."SONG"ON THE ANNIVERSARYOF MARTIN LUTHERKING'S HISTORIC IHAVE A DREAMSPEECH."I HONESTLY DOBELIEVE MORESHOULD HAVECHANGED IN 50YEARS, BUT ONETHING ABOUT CHANGEIS IT DOESN'T HAPPENOVERNIGHT."SO WE ASKEDPROTESTORS HOWTHEY ENVISION THENEXT 50 YEARS."THEY BETTER LOOK ALOT DIFFERENT, WENEED A CULTURE OFPEACE WHERE THESLAM DUNK REACTIONIS A PEACEFULREACTION."==BUTT=="I HOPE THAT THEPLACES WHERE I'VETAUGHT AND WHEREI'VE GONE TO SCHOOLCAN HAVE THE SAMEASSETS AND QUALITYOF EDUCATION ASWHEN I MOVED TO THESUBURBS BECAUSE ISAW A VASTDIFFERENCE."AND MARCHERS SAYTHEY WON'T STOPUNTIL THAT CHANGECOMES."THERE WAS APOWERFULMOVEMENT IN THE 50SAND 60S AND ITBROUGHT US ACERTAIN WAY BUT WENEED TO GO LEAPSAND BOUNDSFARTHER."IN BUFFALO, GILATMELAMED, 7EWN.

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