ATLANTA — As hundreds of protesters walked the streets of Atlanta for a ninth night Saturday with signs calling for justice and peace, demonstrators said they plan to keep it peaceful and return for weeks to come.
Whether it was in their expressions or in their dance, protests and demonstrations were clearly peaceful in the downtown area of the city Saturday night.
It was a much different scene from just last week when tear gas, confusion and smoke filled the air.
So what changed? Many people said new charges in the George Floyd case played a major part.
"I would like to see covert racism to be acknowledged," a protester told WSB-TV.
Attorney Gerald Griggs said that although there’s been progress, there is still more to get done.
"Until there is systemic change ... you will still see protests because it's bigger than George Floyd," Griggs told WSB-TV.
Actor and rapper, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges agreed.
"Anyone who signed up with us for this fight, be prepared to do it for more than 401 years, and that's all I have to say," Bridges said.
While at several protests throughout the city, people made their demands plain: they want the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, to be charged.
They also want more police oversight and drug testing, especially for officers with a history of brutality complaints.
“Until there is change, legislative change, they will be in the streets,” Griggs said.
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