Black Lives Matter marks 10 years with renewed calls to defund the police amidst national disagreement

by JANAE BOWENS | The National Desk

Fri, July 14th 2023, 3:30 AM UTC

FILE - In this June 5, 2020, file photo, people hold signs as they listen to a speaker in front of city hall in downtown Kansas City, Mo., during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

FILE - A protester picks up signs during a demonstration in reaction to the acquittal of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Beverly Hills, Calif on July 17, 2013.{ } (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 20, 2021, file photo, Laynette Jacob takes a photo in front of a George Floyd mural with her friends near the intersection of Elgin and Ennis as she joins others as they react after learning of the guilty verdict on all counts in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

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FILE - In this June 5, 2020, file photo, people hold signs as they listen to a speaker in front of city hall in downtown Kansas City, Mo., during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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