Black Lives Matter holds White House protest

Published July 9, 2016 12:58am ET



The Black Lives Matter movement held a peaceful march to the White House on Friday calling for action on a criminal justice “system that has to change!”

The protest that started at the Department of Justice and moved to the White House Friday came days after two black men — Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile of St. Paul, Minn. — were killed by police officers in separate shootings. It was one of the first protests since the shooting in Dallas on Thursday night at another Black Lives Matter protest that left five police officers dead and seven wounded.

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