Cold and windy weather did not stop Portlanders from demonstrating on Saturday.
A group of people gathered at Dawson park with signs and speeches to share their message demanding an end to police brutality.
"We're here to bring attention to the brutal police murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis and to demand justice, demand a new system where these types of murders don't happen in the first place," said Keet Wilkins, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
This is of course in response to the release of body camera footage of Tyre Nichols being beaten by five former Memphis police officers who are now charged with his murder.
"Standing in solidarity across the country in protest has been really powerful," said Ada sprengelmeyer, another organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
"Even though it's very cold and there are not, you know, not not so many people here tonight, it's important for us to be out agitating and talking to people and reminding people that these things are still happening and they should end," said Mariah Denman, also an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
KATU spoke with a local educator who provided unique perspectives on solutions moving forward.
"I think that the conversation when these police killings are happening, that the conversation becomes too narrowly focused on just a perspective of law enforcement, and that there's so many other aspects within the black community that needs support," said Lakayana Drury, executive director with Word is Bond.
Specifically, he emphasized education.
"We know that education is the basis of so many outcomes," Drury said, "it is a predictor of so many things. And locally and nationally, black students are underperforming. And so we need to have black teachers in the schools."
He said this is much bigger than just about law enforcement, "when we have conversations around racial equity, it can't just be a conversation of how many police officers are on there in the streets," Drury said, "we have to look at education. We have to look at housing. We have to look at access to health care, to jobs, to so many other aspects of of what life and quality of life looks like."
For more with Drury, watch here: