Protesters demonstrated outside the home of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser after an 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by police.
Deon Kay was shot and killed by an officer on Wednesday afternoon after he pulled out a gun while running from officers, according to the police. Protesters gathered in the area almost immediately after the shooting in Southeast D.C.
Protests also took place overnight outside of the Seventh District police station Wednesday and early Thursday morning until demonstrators shifted to Bowser’s home.
“If we don’t get no justice, you don’t get no sleep,” the demonstrators chanted outside Bowser’s home.
“I’m a black person living in this city. I’m tired of seeing people like me get murdered. I’m tired of the mayor not being accountable for it. I’m tired of, like, [police Chief] Peter Newsham and his gang of killer cops that are terrorizing the city,” one protester said, according to a report from NBC 4.
Mayor Bowser’s house #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/UBAvDWvHB4
— Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) September 3, 2020
UPDATE – The rally has begun and is now heading NB on 16th St NW pic.twitter.com/PGVWvSK3z5
— Justin Finch (@JustinNBC4) September 3, 2020
Officers surrounded the Seventh District station and maintained a line to protect the building when the protesters gathered.
There are dozens of D.C. police officers guarding the front of the station pic.twitter.com/ui2QZvulD2
— Debbie Truong (@debbietruong) September 3, 2020
Many protesters demanded to see the body camera footage from the shooting, but it is not clear when that footage will be released. Some of the protesters also called for Newsham to be fired or resign from his position.
