told CNN’s Bill Weir on Saturday.Video showed Batiste jamming with a group of musicians Saturday as they marched with crowds from Union Square.“We’ve been marching for hours.
This is something that even… we saw the police escorting us. We saw people from all walks of life joining us,” he told Weir.The march — dubbed “We Are: A Peaceful Protest” — was one of many across the five boroughs throughout the weekend for Floyd, who died in Minneapolis after a white cop, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes.Jon Batiste (@JonBatiste) musician and bandleader of the @colbertlateshow leads a music march through the streets of New York City accompanied by protesters carrying instruments and signs.
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