Demonstrators staged a “sit/die-in” at the intersection of Greenhaven Drive and Greenstar Way June 5 in Sacramento starting at 6 p.m. to continue a week of protests near the home of Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
By 6:30 p.m., around 500 people sat or lay in the intersection as part of the protest organized by Black Lives Matter Sacramento and Allies of Black Lives Matter Sacramento to protest the death of George Floyd, who was killed in Minneapolis after being detained by police May 25.
“We want people to know how we feel about this curfew and the National Guard being out here, as well as, they’re killing us on a regular basis and they’re not doing anything to fix it,” said Tanya Faison, founder of Black Lives Matter Sacramento. “The mayor has been out in the streets in the last couple of days trying to act like he has not part in any of this but he definitely has a part in this. And we’re by his house right now. That’s the message we are intending to give him today.”
There was a table of food and water for the demonstrators provided by donors who responded to a Facebook request by Angie Wiggins, the director of Maximum Reach 4 Economic Equity, a local nonprofit that supports black-owned businesses. She manned the table during the “sit/die-in.”
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Since Floyd’s death, thousands of people around the world have participated in protests. San Francisco had 10,000 protesting in the streets June 3 according to the Mercury News. And in Paris at least 15,000 protestors gathered June 2 according to Slate.
“The protest has been amazing—we’ve been joined by people around the world,” said Wiggins. “It’s an awesome catalyst for change. It’s a way to let America know that we’re not going to take this anymore. There needs to be activity to reinforce the message here to create a better tomorrow for black people. I would like to see an opportunity for black children around the world to grow up and not be second class citizens.”
