Peaceful protests in Fort Scott

Citizens in Fort Scott and Bourbon County on Sunday and Monday evenings joined thousands across the country in protest.

The protests follow the death 46-year-old George Floyd, who on May 25, died after a white Minneapolis, Minn., police officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. During that time, Floyd pleaded with the officer, “Please. Please. Please. I can’t breath.”

Video of the arrest – and Floyd’s death – circulated on national media.

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