Members of the Cincinnati African American Firefighters Association marched from City Hall to the Hamilton County Courthouse Wednesday night in an effort to bring attention to police brutality against black communities.
“We are angry that despite many attempts at police reforms police brutality incidents continue to plague the African American community,” a release announcing the event reads. “We are angry as firefighters and EMTs that law enforcement continues to fail to meet the moral standard that we as public safety officials are sworn to uphold. We are angry that systemic racism continues to exist in the public safety system.”
William West, president of the CAFA, told WVXU the organization was inspired by the civil unrest in response to the murder of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who died while in police custody on May 25.
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