1/33Thousands march through the Cairns CBD chanting and waving placards to protest black deaths in custody and support the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
In photos: Black Lives Matter protest in Cairns
Defying COVID-19 social distancing regulations, thousands took to the streets of Cairns in protest of indigenous deaths in custody and support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
2/33Thousands march through the Cairns CBD chanting and waving placards to protest black deaths in custody and support the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
3/33Cairns local Sev Ipradjian in Fogarty Park on Sunday . Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
4/33Protesters lie on the floor in tribute for American man George Floyd killed by police. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
5/33Protesters lie on the floor in tribute for American man George Floyd killed by police. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
6/33Hitting the streets in Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
7/33Denzel Kome holds a Black Lives Matter sign at a large protest in Fogarty Park on Sunday. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
8/33Protest organisers Serina O’Connor and Hermela Bealfan in Fogarty Park on Sunday. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
9/33Indigenous Yarrbah elder Peter Bumi Hyde speaks at a large Black Lives Matter protest in Fogarty Park on Sunday. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
10/33Deba George at the Black Lives Matter protest in Fogarty Park. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
11/33Colin Neal lies on the floor of the Fogarty Park stage in tribute for American man George Floyd killed by police. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
12/33Valerie Thomas, Auril Bellear (6) and Amariah Womal (8) in Fogarty PArk on Sunday to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
13/33Thousands assemble in Fogarty Park to protest black deaths in custody. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
14/33Thousands assemble in Fogarty Park to protest black deaths in custody. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
15/33Thousands assemble in Fogarty Park to protest black deaths in custody. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
16/33Hitting the streets in Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
17/33Jasmine Hyde is among the thousands in Fogarty Park to protest black deaths in custody. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
18/33Hitting the streets in Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
19/33Mala Neal from Yarrabah leads protesters from Fogarty Park down Spence St during the Cairns Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
20/33Thousands assemble in Fogarty Park to protest black deaths in custody. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
21/33Colin Neal, Raymond Wright and Jahrahm Neal in Fogarty Park on Sunday to support Black Lives Matter. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
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23/33Stephina Tranby and Daniel Rosendale stand up the the Black Lives Matter movement in Cairns on Sunday. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
24/33Deba George at the Black Lives Matter protest in Fogarty Park. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
25/33Thousands march through the Cairns CBD chanting and waving placards to protest black deaths in custody and support the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
26/33Terry O'shane speaks at the Cairns Black Lives Matter protest in Fogarty Park. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
27/33Police keep an eye on the crowd from the roof of the Pacific Hotel. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
28/33Thousands take to the streets of Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
29/33Djarracarne Neal leads the Black Lives Matter protest in Fogarty Park. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
30/33Djarracarne Neal leads a Cairns CBD march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
31/33Thousands take to the streets of Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
32/33Thousands take to the streets of Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
33/33Zephaniah Thomas with thousands of others take to the streets of Cairns in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: PETER CARRUTHERS
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