Organizers estimate more than a thousand people marched in Barrie Thursday to remember the brutal death of George Floyd and in support of other members of the Black community who have died in police custody.
The Justice For Black Lives protest started at City Hall at 5 p.m. and protesters began walking south on Mulcaster Street before gathering en masse at Meridian Place.
The peaceful protest featured several speakers, lots of chanting and culminated with a long stretch of solemn silence - for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the amount of time the Minneapolis officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck, killing him.
Floyd's murder has spawned protests across the United States and throughout the world.
