George Floyd protests in Mississippi
[3][4] On June 6, hundreds of protesters gathered in Jones Park and marched down Highway 90 in support of Black Lives Matter.[5] About 30 protesters, waving signs and chanting, marched peacefully on May 31 down Hardy Street, escorted by city police cars.[12] That same afternoon, Ole Miss university police arrested a white public school teacher for vandalizing a Confederate statue on campus with spray paint.[13] On May 28 at least 200 people protested outside Petal City Hall on Friday night, demanding that Mayor Hal Marx resign after he made a comment defending the police regarding George Floyd's murder and saying "I didn't see anything unreasonable.[17] On June 6, thousands of protesters marched from Unity Park to the Amphitheater at Mississippi State University, lying down on their stomachs for eight minutes and forty-six seconds to honor George Floyd.