ORLANDO, Fla. — Around 1,000 people marched through Orlando Friday morning to take a moment to grieve as a community, and to pray. 

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Around 1,000 prayed together Friday, remembering the life of George Floyd during a walk of mourning.

People walked a mile, from Church Street to Division Avenue, while praying for those who lost their lives to police brutality and racism. 

A prayer service was held on Divison Avenue. Faith leaders, law enforcement and members of the community spoke.

“If we don’t mourn together, we can’t heal together,” Pastor Tim Johnson of Orlando World Outreach Center told the crowd.

At the service, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer proclaimed Friday "The Walk of Mourning and Restoration Day."

Protests and riots have broken out all over the country since George Floyd’s death. The black man pleaded for air after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, had his knee on Floyd's throat for nearly ten minutes during an arrest in Minneapolis.

Chauvin and three other officers were fired and have been charged in Floyd’s death.  

This walk of mourning comes after six straight days of protests through downtown Orlando. Another protest took place Friday afternoon. 

Meanwhile, Orange County hosted a virtual town hall on community and law enforcement relations Friday afternoon.

On top of sharing information, politicians and law enforcement leaders fielded questions on topics such as the use of tear gas on protesters, the role of police unions in how the actions of law enforcement officers are handled, and whether there is a need for citizens review boards.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala says one issue is that there's a disconnect between what the law says and the way it's enforced.

"For many in this community, law and justice don't align," Ayala said. "So you have people in my position, or you have law enforcement saying, 'well that's just the law, that's just the law.' That is crushing to people. That is painful to people. So what it is up to us to understand, yes we will honor the law, yes we will keep in mind with the law, but we also have room to create policies."

The Orange County sheriff and Orlando's police chief say citizens review boards do exist in some form in the county, but they don't have the power to change policies.

 

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