Brooklyn rally marks one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death
August 10, 2015 By Verena Dobnik Associated Press
Protestors lay motionless on the pavement outside of Barclays Center on Sunday, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown. Demonstrators maintained their silence for a few moments before rising and joining others, including some marching into Manhattan, for another rally later in the day. Among those marching were a dozen people carrying a giant banner reading "Black Lives Matter." AP Photo/Verena Dobnik
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A sea of motionless human bodies was splayed across a Brooklyn pavement Sunday, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Demonstrators maintained their silence for a few moments before rising and joining others marching from the Barclays Center arena into Manhattan for another rally later in the day. Among the activists were a dozen people carrying a giant cloth banner that read: “Black Lives Matter.”
The death of the 18-year-old on Aug. 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, was among the catalysts of a surging national movement calling for change in the relationships between police and minority communities.