While LkldNow’s live-stream camera was pointed toward the speakers and musicians on the stage at Sunday’s racial justice protest in Munn Park, reporter Sara Drumm talked with some of the people in the crowd about why they came and what they hoped the protest would accomplish. Read their stories:
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Peaceful Black Lives Matter Protest Draws Large Crowd
Protesters marched through the streets of Lakeland today en route to a peaceful rally that filled Munn Park with well over 1,000 people. The procession was headed by hearses displaying names and pictures of black people who have been killed by police or by vigilantes. Clergy members and their families followed the hearses, and then […]
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Sunday March to Munn Park Starts From Northwest Lakeland
Sunday’s Black Lives Matter march in Lakeland is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. from the field across from Lakewood Terrace/Citrus Gardens at 1507 Powhatan Court. The destination; a peaceful protest with speakers in Munn Park. Local clergy are being asked to walk at the front of the march. Police will be stationed along the […]
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Black Lives Matter Plans Another Protest
Black Lives Matter Restoration Polk is expecting an even larger crowd at a second peaceful protest scheduled for 2:30 Sunday in Munn Park. The organization is soliciting input from clergy and other community leaders on how to deal with intruders urging violence and will share their plans with law enforcement, The Ledger reports | Facebook […]
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Polk Curfew Extended to Tonight 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
A curfew placed on Polk County residents Sunday night in the wake of protesters blocking a busy intersection has been extended to today. It takes effect from 8 p.m. tonight until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sheriff Grady Judd announced at a news conference this afternoon.
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Crowd Blocking Intersection Sprayed With Tear Gas
After a peaceful protest in Munn Park ended this afternoon, a group of people blocked the intersection of Florida Avenue and Memorial Boulevard and damaged a car that drove into the crowd, The Ledger reported. Around 5:30, police started trying to disperse the crowd with tear gas. LINKS: Article | Photo gallery | ABC Action […]
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Red White & Kaboom Fireworks Cancelled This Year
Red White & Kaboom, Lakeland’s July 3 fireworks fest at Lake Mirror, has been cancelled for this year, the city of Lakeland announced this afternoon.
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Vice President Pence Stops at Reececliff for Pie
A long motorcade traveling South Florida Avenue on Thursday afternoon made a stop so that Vice President Mike Pence could get out at Reececliff Family Diner and enjoy some of its famous pie. Later, at a campaign rally in Kissimmee, he praised the work of LPD Officer Paul Dunn, who died a week earlier in […]
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Some Miss Lakeland Winners Are Local This Year
For the first time since the Miss Lakeland was revived three pageants ago, most of the winners have Lakeland backgrounds. Out of five 2020 winners — Misses Lakeland, Swan City, Polk County, Lakeland Teen and Polk County Teen — two claim Lakeland as home and a third lived here until recently and hopes to move […]