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Protesters block traffic on Interstate Bridge

Several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters marked Juneteenth observance with event in downtown Vancouver Several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters held an event Friday in downtown Vancouver in observance of Juneteenth. Participants in the event gathered in Esther Short Park before walking together to Interstate 5 and on to the Interstate Bridge, blocking traffic for …

By Clark County Today · June 20, 2020

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Several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters marked Juneteenth observance with event in downtown Vancouver

Several hundred Black Lives Matter protesters held an event Friday in downtown Vancouver in observance of Juneteenth.

Participants in the event gathered in Esther Short Park before walking together to Interstate 5 and on to the Interstate Bridge, blocking traffic for more than an hour, before returning to the Washington side of the bridge and dispersing.

Clark County Today gathered the following visual images of the event:

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