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Protesters held signs with themes of police brutality and violence during the Black Lives Matter march.

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During a Black Lives Matter march in Syracuse, protesters sing: "I hear my brother saying I can’t breathe. Calling out the violence of these racist police. And we’re not going to stop until people are free.”

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Bonnie Schultz, Buddhist Chaplain at Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel, and protester Louis Poindexter converse about the Black Lives Matter movement before the march starts.

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Protester Miranda Werntz and her son, Rockim, prepare their stroller with signs before the Black Lives Matter march on Monday afternoon.

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Syracuse University student Sarah Ibrahim holds a banner that says: "We can't breathe."

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The Black Lives Matter march ended in front of the Syracuse Police Department after about a mile march through downtown Syracuse.

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Organizers of the Black Lives Matter march provided water to the participants in order to combat the heat.

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Protesters passed around a petition against the absence of death reports in response to the recent death of Gary Porter.

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Hundreds of community members march down the streets of Syracuse to protest against police brutality.

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Alexis Rinck, a Syracuse University student, holds a sign promoting solidarity of races for the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Reflections of the marching crowd show in the puddles on the road from earlier rain.

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An anti-Black Lives Matter protester yells at demonstrators as they march by.

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Adrianna Cummings reads a poem entitled, "As I pass out flyers," on the steps of the Federal Building in Syracuse.

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Jaleesa Potts, a Syracuse community member, walks emotionally with hands up as other protesters around her shout: "Don't shoot!"

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Couple Domonique Baldwin and Ronald Lee march with other Syracuse community members while holding hands and chanting.

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Organizers led the entire crowd in united chants of "Hey hey ho ho these racist cops have got to go!"

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One sign held by a protester during the Black Lives Matter march reads: "Protest us from the protectors."