Black Lives Matter Protest in Fort Lauderdale Marches to County Jail

WGCU | By WLRN

Published July 11, 2016 at 10:05 AM EDT

Traffic came to a halt in downtown Fort Lauderdale during a Black Lives Matter protest over the weekend. Hundreds of activists gathered in Stranahan Park to protest the police killings of Philando Castille and Alton Sterling, as well as local victims of police violence.

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