Police officers take knee with protesters in Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Police officers in Fayetteville took a knee in solidarity with protesters two days after the area had experienced violence and looting.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that the incident occurred Monday night following protests against police brutality.

Nearly 300 protesters were facing a line of police officers in riot gear when the activists lowered down and chanted, “I can’t breathe.” Police officers followed suit, prompting cheers and applause from the activists. Some shook hands and fist-bumped with law enforcement. One woman approached several officers and hugged them.

Protests have sprung up across the country following the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis.

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