Black Lives Matter rally 07.08.2016

Members of the activism and black leadership group B.L.A.C.K. organized a rally to show solidarity with the people of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and to protest police violence against black people. Organizers planned to march through the city throughout the late afternoon and evening. Before the rally and march started, approximately 700 people had marked themselves as attending on its Facebook page; the number later surpassed 800.