Jordan Carter, 9, poses for a portrait during the Jesus and Justice Rally on Sunday outside the Columbus Police Department. “I came out here because I believe we can bring people to Christ, and I hope we will,” Jordan said. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Mary Bishop poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. “I have nephews, I have a son. I think everybody should be out here today,” Bishop said. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Kapri McCrary poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. “We’re the last generation, we can’t keep doing this. We need justice. It shouldn’t still be like this almost a century later, just because we’re a different color. It shouldn’t be like this anymore. We’re all human. We’re all trying to survive, we’re all trying to live and trying to love. That’s all I have to say about it,” McCrary said through tears. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Pastor Leroy Jones poses for a portrait during the Jesus and Justice Rally on Sunday outside the Columbus Police Department. “We’re here to protest against social injustice. We just hope what we’re doing can reach people in higher positions who can make changes,” Jones said. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Lucy Meagher poses for a portrait during the Jesus and Justice Rally on Sunday outside the Columbus Police Department. “I came out here today for justice, because I watched the video from start to finish, and that was senseless,” Meagher said. “We’re all in this together, absolutely. We can’t do it without people of other colors and cultures. We matter to God.” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Kasen Woodard poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. “God wants us all to be together and for us to love one another,” Woodard said. “It’s just that time. We’re a new generation.” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Ladonna Devine poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. Ladonna came to the march with her mother, Zella Devine, who said “We’re out here today, so we can get things settled and everybody can come together and be as one.” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Micah Matthews, 8, poses for a portrait during the Jesus and Justice Rally on Sunday outside the Columbus Police Department. “People shouldn’t be judged by their skin color,” Micah said. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Jackson Utley, 8, poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. Jackson came to the march because he wanted to know: “Why was a black man killed for no reason?” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Jalyn Johnson poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. “I’m from St. Louis. Ferguson happened right before I was about to go to college. It was really important to me to have that time and fight for things that I’ve been seeing my whole entire life,” Johnson said. “I hope that this is the one that shifts America and that helps us learn that this has to stop.” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Kennedy Bailey poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. “My main goal is to encourage a new law enforcement, to completely strip it down, abolish the police, and create a new system that’s more protective of all people,” Bailey said. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Ashley Bateman poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. “I hope for police reform, the end of police brutality to black lives specifically. I just hope my voice can be heard since for so many years theirs couldn’t,” Bateman said. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Daquan Benton poses for a portrait during the Starkville Stand Up Justice March on Saturday in downtown Starkville. Benton said he wants “equality among all races,” and that the huge attendance at the march means “individuals are looking and agreeing that it’s about time for a change.” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Bernard Buckhalter poses for a portrait during the Jesus and Justice Rally on Sunday outside the Columbus Police Department. “I’m hoping that we’ll see some justice in the legal system, especially since the case against Boykin was dismissed by the attorney general, which I thought was a disgrace,” Buckhalter said. “I’m also out here for George Floyd because I don’t want to see any other black young men killed.” Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff