UPDATE, 2:17 p.m.: The livestream below has ended after a couple of hours of recording the thoughts of locals who are still speaking in Pierson Park. You can still watch the archived video. 

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UPDATE, 12:41 p.m.: Below — a Facebook livestream of the demonstration from attendee Jason Valentin.

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UPDATE, 12:36 p.m.:

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Around 300 people have gathered at McKinleyville’s Pierson Park to join a demonstration against racism and police brutality. (See Facebook event page here.)

The Outpost’s Andrew Goff is at the scene, and filmed the following video a few minutes ago: People crossing Central Avenue to join the stand, some on horseback, were nearly hit by a woman who ran a red light and and plowed between them at a fast clip, flipping them off as she passed:

We’ll be updating this post.

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