The faces of protest have sometimes been surprisingly small…. (EMILY, 5, READS SIGN): “Black… Lives… Matter….” Kids marching alongside parents has the littlest among us making history. (YOUNG CHILD, NICO, SAYING): “I’m black and I’m proud. They’re all here to support me.” Nico joined his family for a peaceful protest in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday – and five-year-old Emily told Reuters why she was there with her family, too. (EMILY, SAYING): “The police are shooting the brown people.” (REUTERS REPORTER, SAYING): “What can we do to make sure that that stops?” (EMILY, SAYING): “Take their guns away and give them a new job.” Added eight-year-old Maddie: “I wish that everything was fair right now, but they're not, sadly." | |||||||||||||
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