A speaker points to the crowd gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest in Lebanon, Pa., on June 4, 2020.
Anthony Orozco / PA Post
In Lebanon, a silent protest turns into a march to the county jail
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Anthony Orozco / PA Post
A speaker points to the crowd gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest in Lebanon, Pa., on June 4, 2020.
Anthony Orozco / PA Post
A speaker points to the crowd gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest in Lebanon, Pa., on June 4, 2020.
A silent protest planned for noon in front of the Lebanon County Courthouse on Thursday turned into a protest march throughout the city after police on scene refused to kneel with protestors.
Mayor Sherry Capello said she called on the U.S. National Guard to be on reserve to counter “Antifa” – a reference to anti-fascist protesters who have been blamed by some city leaders and law enforcement around the country for using violence to disrupt protests.
The protesters who marched in Lebanon were passionate but peaceful. In the afternoon, the protesters marched to the Lebanon County Jail where a tense standoff with guards and police was resolved without arrests or violence.
PA Post reporter Anthony Orozco was in Lebanon and filed the photos and videos below to social media:
— Anthony Orozco (@AnthonyOrozco20) June 4, 2020
9 mins of silence pic.twitter.com/mX2sT3pp3R
— Anthony Orozco (@AnthonyOrozco20) June 4, 2020
Latina woman said #GeorgeFloyd called out for his momma, to all mommas pic.twitter.com/sWbfWB0kYz
— Anthony Orozco (@AnthonyOrozco20) June 4, 2020
— Anthony Orozco (@AnthonyOrozco20) June 4, 2020
Lebanon mayor makes statement pic.twitter.com/vPbMPXNvov
— Anthony Orozco (@AnthonyOrozco20) June 4, 2020
Lebanon county prisoners banging on windows as protestors take it to the jail PA Post Report for America
Posted by Anthony Orozco on Thursday, June 4, 2020
Portestors went to nearly the fenses of the LebCo prison. Peiso ers banging on the windows. Protestors kneeled
— Anthony Orozco (@AnthonyOrozco20) June 4, 2020
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