Photos: Black Lives Matter protesters return to downtown Lake Geneva
For the second time in less than a week, Black Lives Matter protesters marched June 11 in downtown Lake Geneva, chanting, "I Can't Breathe," and calling for an end to racism and police brutality.
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Organizer Denise Millet, center with hand raised, leads about 100 demonstrators June 11 down Main Street in downtown Lake Geneva in a Black Lives Matter march to protest police brutality and racism.
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Wendy Anderson of Lake Geneva waves her sign June 11 outside Lake Geneva City Hall during a Black Lives Matter demonstration that also included a march through the city's downtown.
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Accompanied by her mother, Natasha Ramirez, left, 3-year-old Sofia Ramirez, joins a Black Lives Matter event June 11 outside the Riviera in Lake Geneva, with a small handmade sign that she said meant, "Don't be mean to other people."
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Shown at a Black Lives Matter protest June 11 in Lake Geneva are, from left, Eleanor Moss with her daughters, Nevaeh Moss and Jada Moss, all of the town of Bloomfield.
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Demonstrators cross Broad Street while marching down Main Street during a Black Lives Matter protest June 11 in downtown Lake Geneva.
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Nicole Populorum of Kenosha sits on a curb June 11 outside Lake Geneva City Hall before the start of a Black Lives Matter protest that drew about 100 people.
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Organizer Denise Millet, center with back to the camera, addresses Black Lives Matter protesters gathered June 11 outside the Riviera in downtown Lake Geneva.
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Eleanor Moss of the town of Bloomfield raises a fist into the air June 11 during a Black Lives Matter protest against racism outside the Riviera in downtown Lake Geneva.
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Kenya Owens of Richmond, Illinois, center, raises her sign high June 11 while marching through downtown Lake Geneva during a Black Lives Matter protest against racism and police brutality.
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Sisters Jada Moss, left, and Nevaeh Moss, of the town of Bloomfield, kneel and bow their heads June 11 for a moment of silence during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Riviera in downtown Lake Geneva. See more photos at www.lakegenevanews.net
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Black Lives Matter demonstrators march June 11 in downtown Lake Geneva during an event that drew a diverse crowd of about 100 people to protest racism and police brutality.
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During a Black Lives Matter protest June 11 in downtown Lake Geneva, Wendy Anderson, left, and Kenya Owens share an emotional moment as protesters kneel in silence to remember Minneapolis victim George Floyd.
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Demonstrators Wendy Anderson and Kenya Owens join hands June 11 during a moment of silence in a Black Lives Matter protest against racism and police brutality.
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