“It‘s not a coincidence that black and brown people are getting killed. The sheriff needs to do better recruiting – we don‘t need war veterans shooting everything that moves,” he said, referring to the deputy who fired the fatal shots, who was a military veteran.

Organizers expected as many as 1,500 people to participate in the march, which was scheduled to end by 5 p.m. More than 1,000 people attended a service for the boy sunday.