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Protesters carried a banner in honor of Walter Wallace Jr., who was shot and killed by police in West Philadelphia in October 2020, on 52nd Street, April 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Updated: 4:15 p.m.
About 100 people have gathered at West Philadelphia’s Malcolm X Park to honor Walter Wallace Jr., the 27-year-old Black man who police fatally shot in October.
The event kicked off with a drum line and chants of “long live Walter Wallace.”
“Tomorrow is six months to the day that police murdered Walter Wallace,” said YahNé Ndgo, who helped organize Sunday’s event. “We want to make sure that people always remember what happened.”