While nationwide protests continue, so do protests in our own community.
Two protests against racial injustice took place on Saturday in Gulfport
- while nationwide protests - continue, so do - protests in our own community.- news 25's grace boyles has more- details from saturday's unity - march in gulfport.- quick!- quick!!!
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> protesters and police marched - together from jones park to - the gulfport police department- - - - saturday morning -- unifying- against hate, violence, racism,- and - discrimination.
All of which, - minister greg whitfield - reminds the crowd, are what dr.- martin luther king jr. looked t- eradicate years ago.- greg whitfield, minister: "but the dream he had 57 years ago - has not yet - been fulfilled.
There is still- work that we have to do in our- communities."
- - - while whitfield admits there's- still work to be done, he - suggests a way can eveyrone - help.
- greg whitfield, minister: "and as long as you vote and we put- the right steps into- perspective, we put the right - laws into place.
Do it at the - polls.
Because your - voice, it matters."
Grace boyles, news 25: "later saturday, protesters again- gathered at jones - park, this time giving other- community members a chance to - speak out."
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Black lives matter!"> greg barabino, president of - hancock county's naacp: "i want y'all to do one - - - - thing.
This is very very- beautiful that we came out here- we're protesting.
We're - getting our voices heard.
But - after this we've got to come up- with a strategy.
Don't- let this be the last time we- come together."
Coming together being a main- concern for a local resident, - jon white.- jon white, local: "i really don't want this to be a divisiv- - - - thing between the whole country- i've seen things like when- people say black lives matter,- all lives - matter, but that's not the thin- about it.
It's just, we're- focusing on this particular - problem - right now.
We don't want to - divide anything.
All lives of - course do matter, but - we're just focusing on one- problem at a time.
And as soon- - - - as we're done with this, we're- going to come for those kids in- chains in the cages on the- mexican border."
At the end of the day, both - protests had one message.
- - - - patrick kimball, ocean springs:- "basically, we need to treat people the same,- no matter who they are or where- they came