Crime & Justice

WATCH: Hundreds of New York Surfers Chant George Floyd’s Name on the Water

PADDLE OUT PROTEST

The demonstration at Rockaway Beach was organized by the local Black Surfing Association.

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Screenshot/Black Surfing Association

Hundreds of surfers gathered off New York’s Rockaway Beach to partake in the demonstrations against racism and police brutality that are sweeping the nation in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Dramatic footage from Saturday morning showed wave riders in a giant circle, fists raised, chanting, “George Floyd! George Floyd! George Floyd!” The local chapter of the Black Surfing Association organized the the “paddle out” protest.

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