A show of support – EWU students hold Juneteenth march

CHENEY- “Hands up! Don’t shoot!”

“I can’t breathe!”

“Say their names! George Floyd! Breonna Taylor!”

These were some of the chants ringing as around 30 people participated in a Juneteenth march in Cheney Friday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Organized by EWU super-senior Justin Heller, a history major, the march was mostly students, although there were some locals who joined as well.

The roughly 90-minute event started with a walk from Showalter Hall on the EWU campus before heading down College Avenue, turning west down Second Street, veering north back toward the Red Barn (wh...