MPCHS students organize justice walk in support of BLM

MT. PLEASANT - Though it was only Maggie Fitzpatrick and Emma Crull on Mt. Pleasant's square Sunday afternoon, the two MPCHS students proudly marched around Central Park with a sign that read 'Equality, Empathy, Justice, Unity,” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

'It doesn't matter how many people are [here]. It shows other people that we still care about it. [Even] one voice can be all the difference,” Fitzpatrick, who organized the walk, said.

Fitzpatrick also said she felt responsible, as a white person in America, who has 'a privilege” that 'people of color do not.”

'I just want to help and raise their story up,” she added.

Crull added she was inspired to take part because she was appalled by the video which showed 46-year-old George Floyd 'being murdered.”

'I was just like, ‘this is not OK,'” she said.