CONWAY — Despite a heat wave that saw temperatures hovering at the 90-degree mark, a group of about three dozen demonstrators rolled through North Conway on bikes, skateboards and even roller skates Sunday afternoon to protest racism and police brutality.
Protests were ignited around the nation following the May 25 death of Minneapolis’ George Floyd, an African-American, while in the custody of police officers who subsequently were arrested and charged with his murder and/or aiding and abetting.
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