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Two protests against racial injustice took place on Saturday in Gulfport

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Two protests against racial injustice took place on Saturday in Gulfport
Two protests against racial injustice took place on Saturday in Gulfport
While nationwide protests continue, so do protests in our own community.

- 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!!!

Sorry- - <nats: "who got power?

We got power.- who got power?

We got power."

> 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."

<nats: "black lives matter!

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

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