Shan'a Mason, 42, left, hugs her children Aamina Mason, 10, center, and Assata Mitchell, 20, right, as they stand near 14th and Broadway following a protest at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 4, 2020. The family, who are from San Leandro, attended the event to honor the late George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last week.

“I’m here because I’m the mother of three black kings — 21, 12 and 6 — and I would never want to be George Floyd’s mom and experience the type of devastation and heartache that she had to experience. So I’m here just to show solidarity. I need to be out here. I felt compelled to be out here. And my daughter wanted to come.”