An estimated 15,000 people took to the streets of Brooklyn wearing white.
Thousands participated in a rally and silent march for black trans lives in Brooklyn Sunday. Organizers of the Brooklyn Liberation event say they believe police scanners estimated that 15,000 people dressed in white and demonstrated.
The rally began in front of the Brooklyn Museum and included speeches from writer and activist Raquel Willis as well as the family of Layleen Polanco. The 27-year-old trans woman was found unresponsive in a Riker's Island jail cell earlier this month while in solitary confinement. Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann promised a full investigation into Polanco's death.
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