Update: Noon
Elsewhere in Tampa, a crowd of about 80 has gathered outside a
Update: 11:55 a.m.
Protesters outside the home of St. Petersburg home of Mayor Rick Kriseman are taking turns ringing the doorbell to see if he will talk with them. So far no one has answered the door.
Those gathered have erected a tailgaiting-style tent in front of the house.
Update 11:20 a.m.
Back in St. Petersburg, protesters were attempting to lure Mayor Rick Kriseman from his home shortly before the lunch hour.
Spencer “Thirteen” Cook, 44, says this is the first of many times protesters will come to the mayor’s house.
“We are occupying his neighborhood the same way our neighborhoods are occupied,” Cook says. “The same way we are uncomfortable, they need to be uncomfortable.
“The ship is sinking and everyone should be uncomfortable.”
Some speakers are calling on the mayor to come outside and engage with them. One claims to have seen the mayor peeking from a window.
“I think you need to come outside and be a mayor,” said Will Breeze, a regular leader of the St. Petersburg marches that have taken place since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in May. “That’s what a leader would do, whether it’s what we want to hear or what we don’t wanna hear.”
It was unclear if the mayor was home, though one protester pointed out what appeared to be a city vehicle parked outside.
Not everyone was happy about the protesters’ presence.
Update: 11 a.m.
TAMPA — Across the bay, nearly two dozen people gathered outside the Tampa Convention Center in preparation to march.
Yourhighness Tafari, 43, said he organized the protest to see who’s who.
“If you’re with us like you say you with us, come out here and make a statement,” said Tafari, who is Black and co-owns a catering business, Vegg’d Out Vegan Kitchen. “This holiday represents freedom. But we’ve never felt free.”
As they set off for Davis Islands, the crowd grew to nearly 50, largely staying on the sidewalk after Tampa police stopped by to ask them not to block the road.
ST. PETERSBURG — Independence Day promised another day of Tampa Bay area residents exercising their First Amendment rights.
Protesters in St. Petersburg took their campaign against police violence west Saturday morning, parking outside the home of Mayor Rick Kriseman.
About 20 people gathered outside the home in the Pasadena Estates area waving signs and playing music. It was a peaceful assembly.
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