March on Statesboro

Peaceful protesters walk from Georgia Southern to Bulloch courthouse, call for unity, equal rights

Capt. Charles Forney of the Statesboro Police Department, right, and Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner, left center, lock arms with Georgia Southern University students Shane Lindsey, left, and Maya Harris as Monday's March on Statesboro draws to an end at the Bulloch County Courthouse. Various student organizations joined together and marched from the Georgia Southern campus to the courthouse to draw attention to social justice issues in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Mo.

120114 MARCH ON STATESBORO 01 — Capt. Charles Forney of the Statesboro Police Department, right, and Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner, left center, lock arms with Georgia Southern University students Shane Lindsey, left, and Maya Harris as Monday's March on Statesboro draws to an end at the Bulloch County Courthouse. Various student organizations joined together and marched from the Georgia Southern campus to the courthouse to draw attention to social justice issues in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Mo.

What was the March on Statesboro? It took place Monday night. Roughly 100 Georgia Southern University students gathered at the Russell Union Rotunda, where they took four minutes of silence in honor of Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old who was killed during an encounter with a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

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