vigil

🕯 "We would love for individuals across the State to organize a place where a candlelight vigil can be held. That can be a parking lot, a football field, a park or a church." They ask that attendees wear purple and yellow, the family's favorite colors. 🕊💜💛

“Let’s not be silent,” she said. “Let’s not close our eyes and close our mouths. Let’s keep agitating for change. Maybe what we don’t need is a police department, but a department of public safety.”

A ‘silent vigil for justice’ will take place on Sunday, April 25 from 7pm-9pm in downtown Casper.

Hundreds of people gathered in Casper for demonstrations on June 3 and 5 to protest the police death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.

The video of the nearly nine last minutes of Floyd's life went viral and inspired protests worldwide.

Separately, a peaceful vigil is set for 6 p.m. Friday at David Street Station.

Since the video of the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a White police officer begin making its round on the internet, there has been a nationwide outcry for justice.

An autopsy found injuries all over Alex's body and he died of head injuries.

He had been removed from school in September 2019.

An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday at the state crime laboratory.