More than 100 people gather in downtown Anchorage for vigil honoring teenager killed by police

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Attendees hold hands during a moment of silence at the vigil for Easter Leafa on Friday, Aug 16, 2024.

She’s the sixth person shot by Anchorage police since mid-May, and the fourth to die from a police shooting. The shooting has generated outrage among community members, but Richardson said the vigil was no place for anger. “Sixteen years of growing up,” Wilson-Cane said. “Sixteen years with her parents. Sixteen years with her siblings. Sixteen years in Samoa, and moved here to Anchorage, Alaska for a better life, for a better education.”

“What can we do to protect our kids,” Hansen asked. “What can we say to our kids to trust the law enforcement? How can we make that clear, and how can we make them believe that the law is there for them?”

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