Thousands gather for peaceful protest against police brutality and racial injustice at Jackson Square in New Orleans

Thousands of people gather on Decatur Street in front of Jackson Square for a rally to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others.

by Michael DeMocker | June 6, 2020

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Thousands of people gathered on Decatur Street in front of Jackson Square for a rally to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. After the rally, demonstrators moved to the Mississippi River, where they sat in mostly silence until leaving for the night ending the protest night peacefully.

The sun sets behind St. Louis Cathedral as thousands of people gather on Decatur Street in front of Jackson Square for a rally to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

A man is removed from the crowd after reportedly throwing a rock at the speaker’s platform as thousands of people gather on Decatur Street in front of Jackson Square for a rally to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

People walk through the French Quarter to Jackson Square for a rally to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Thousands of people gather at the Mississippi River after a rally outside Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Protestors march through the French Quarter after a rally outside Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Protestors march down Bourbon Street after a rally outside Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Protestors march past St. Louis Cathedral after a rally outside Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Protestors gesture at a passing State Police unit after a rally outside Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Signs are stuck into the fence at Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Protestors march past State Police units on Bourbon Street after a rally outside Jackson Square to protest the killing by police of George Floyd and others. Photographed on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Michael DeMocker

Michael DeMocker has been a photojournalist in New Orleans for over twenty years. He’s been the National Press Photographer Association’s Regional Photographer of the Year three times and loves photographing all things New Orleans. He lives Uptown with his wife, son, and two dogs of varying intelligence.