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PHOTO GALLERY: Protesters chant ‘I can’t breath’ at George Floyd protest in Bakersfield

Hundreds of people protested the death of George Floyd Friday, May 29, 2020, in front of the Bakersfield Police Department in downtown Bakersfield. George Floyd died while in-custody of the Minneapolis Minnesota Police Department. People have protested the death of the African American man throughout the country including in Bakersfield. The protest rally started at 5 P.M. Friday at the BPD where protestors filled the walkway in front of the Bakersfield Police Department on Truxtun Avenue eventually spilling into the street and closing traffic on Truxtun. The seen became hostile when a man driving a small Toyota vehicle with a small American flag flying outside a window drove aggressively through the crowd of protestors several times before a BPD patrol vehicle attempted to stop the man from driving the vehicle through the crowd again. As the protestors rushed toward where the vehicle had been stopped and surrounded the vehicle, the driver accelerated into the large crowd of protestors injuring one woman. BPD officers deployed in riot gear along with a SWAT vehicle and SWAT personnel. A SWAT officer told the crowd of protestors they were there to secure the area so an ambulance crew could give medical aid to the woman who had been injured. The woman was taken for medical aid by ambulance and the BPD officers retreated back onto the grounds of the Bakersfield Police Department as protestors angrily followed them to the gate. The protest continued into the night. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News. Mandatory byline.

BY HENRY A. BARRIOS

Photojournalist Henry A. Barrios captured the hundreds of people protesting the death of George Floyd Friday, May 29, 2020, in front of the Bakersfield Police Department in downtown Bakersfield.

Floyd died while in-custody of the Minneapolis Minnesota Police Department.

People have protested the death of the African American man throughout the country, including in Bakersfield. Bakersfield protesters chanted phrases like, “I can’t breath,” some of Floyd’s last words before he died. They also chanted, “Black lives matter,” and “No justice, no peace.”

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The Bakersfield protest rally started at 5 p.m. Friday at the BPD where protesters filled the walkway in front of the Bakersfield Police Department on Truxtun Avenue, eventually spilling into the street and blocking traffic on Truxtun. The rally went late into the night and protests continued throughout the weekend.

A woman attending the Bakersfield protest against George Floyd’s death on Friday holds up a sign that names 81 people who have been killed by officers.
Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
The Bakersfield protest started at 5 p.m. Friday at the Bakersfield Police Department, where protesters filled the walkway in front of the Bakersfield Police Department on Truxtun Avenue, eventually spilling into the street. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News.
Protesters chanted, “I can’t breath,” some of Floyd’s last words.
Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News.
Hundreds of people protested the death of George Floyd Friday, May 29, 2020, in front of the Bakersfield Police Department in downtown Bakersfield. Protesters held signs expressing their anger and chanted the phrase, “No justice, no peace.”
Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News.
A protester wears a shirt with an image of Nipsey Hussle, an American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur who was assassinated in Los Angeles in 2019. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
One protester holds up a sign at the George Floyd protest, claiming Floyd’s death was not an accident. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
Protesters at the George Floyd protest in Bakersfield on Friday made their way through downtown Bakersfield. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
People protest in front of a memorial dedicated to fallen officers in front of the Bakersfield Police Department. The memorial was later vandalized.
Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
“I can’t breath,” were some of George Floyd’s last words before he died while in-custody of the Minneapolis Minnesota Police Department. Many protesters held signs with those words and many chanted the words. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
Vehicles slowly make their way down Truxun Avenue as protesters stand in solidarity with George Floyd, an African American man who died while in-custody of the Minneapolis Minnesota Police Department. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
Protesters march along Eye Street leaving the BPD on a several block loop before returning to the police department.
Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
Hundreds of protesters gathered on the steps of the Bakersfield Police Department on Truxtun Avenue for a George Floyd protest Friday. Photos by Henry A. Barrios for Kern Sol News
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