(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rae Duckworth refocuses the group with chants after an anti-protester showed up. Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Talon Baier and his mother Claren joined the march Monday. Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wendy Garvin with the Summoned group keeps a protective watch over the crowd. Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jessy Salas with Black Lives for Humanity sports a handmade mask from the Mayes family. Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Black Lives Matter supporters and Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement members march from the Capitol to Washington Square on Monday, August 31, 2020 calling for justice for Jacob Blake who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23rd.
On Monday, Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement (SLERM) members called for justice for Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23. The crowd of about 60 people — including members from Black Lives Matter, Black Lives for Humanity, March for Justice and Utah Against Police Brutality — marched from the Capitol to Washington Square in downtown Salt Lake City.
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