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‘We're Not Going Nowhere': Demonstrators March In Honor Of Deona Knajdek, Winston Smith As Uptown Protest Continues
"We're not going nowhere. It don't matter. You made a martyr of her just like Heather Heyer." Heyer was run down in Charlottesville in 2017.
June 17, 2021
A protester killed in Uptown three nights ago would have turned 32 years old Wednesday.
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Deona Knajdek died after a man drove into a crowd of protesters on Sunday. Protesters gathered Wednesday where she was killed to celebrate her, and also to send a message.
“We’re not going nowhere. It don’t matter. You made a martyr of her just like [2017 Charlottesville car attack victim] Heather Heyer and many other people,” a protester named Nero said. “But we’re gonna fight for her to get true justice.”
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