June 14th, 2020
The protest, organized by the Justice Center en el Barrio in collaboration with a range of Queens community organizations, was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at 34th Avenue between 89th and 90th streets in Jackson Heights. Organizers were expected to speak near the 1
and express their support of police defunding and abolition while calling for justice for all victims of police violence, both named and unnamed. According to the organizers, the protest seeks to peacefully display solidarity of Queen’s diverse population with the Black Lives Matter movement to show that that police violence and white supremacy are struggles that affect all communities and all countries.