Garden Grove’s Black Lives Matter protest on June 3
Meep Show, a community youth organization in Orange County, organized a peaceful protest in Garden Grove that attracted thousands.
![Black Student Union students from Garden Grove High School address hundreds of Black Lives Matter supporters at Village Green Park in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/db1f3ac/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb9%2Fb2%2F1a67c03f4f90806299d12afb9bfe%2Ftn-photos-staff-s1-daily-pilot-550881-tn-wknd-et-garden-grove-protest-20200603-15.jpg)
Black Student Union students from Garden Grove High School address hundreds of Black Lives Matter supporters at Village Green Park in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Heavyn Agu, 18, with the Black Student Union at Garden Grove High School, shouts through a bullhorn as she walked with protesters south along Euclid Street in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters walk south along Euclid Street in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters march south along Euclid Street in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters march west as smoke created by car driver burned rubber along Garden Grove Boulevard in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters show their support for Black Lives Matter as they cruise south along Euclid Street in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters march south along Main Street in downtown Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters walk south along Main Street in downtown Garden Grove as police officers look on. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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A protester holds up a sign as a SWAT vehicle carrying armed tactical police officers drives north along Euclid Street near Village Green Park in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters kneel in front of Westminster police officers in an intersection at the Garden Grove Civic Center on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Protesters kneel in front of Garden Grove police officers who have formed a perimeter at the Garden Grove Civic Center on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Police officers form a perimeter near the Garden Grove Civic Center on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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A protester exchanges a fist bump with a Westminster police officer at the Garden Grove Civic Center on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Thousands of Black Lives Matter supporters gather at Village Green Park in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Thousands of Black Lives Matter supporters bow their heads as they take a knee to show respect for George Floyd at Village Green Park in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 3. (Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)