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Letter: Kudos to the protesting Utahns

(Rick Egan  |  Tribune file photo)     Tyeise Bellamy speaks as skaters and skateboarders lie down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd, during the Black Lives Matter Skate for Solidarity protest  at Washington Square in Salt Lake City, on Thursday, June 11, 2020.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Tyeise Bellamy speaks as skaters and skateboarders lie down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd, during the Black Lives Matter Skate for Solidarity protest at Washington Square in Salt Lake City, on Thursday, June 11, 2020.

I spent Thursday night, June 4, at a motel in St. George on my way to visit a relative in Salt Lake City. Walking to dinner that evening I heard a commotion a block away and strolled down to check it out. A protest! In St. George! Kudos to Utahns everywhere for donning the mantle of free speech and protesting the treatment of black people and minorities. Your heart and courage is uplifting to all Americans.

Michael Morin, Los Osos, Calif.

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