Live: Vigil in memory of Antwon Rose

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Live: Vigil in memory of Antwon Rose

Tribune-Review | Sunday, March 24, 2019 2:31 p.m.

Natasha Lindstrom | Tribune-Review

Protesters demonstrate in Oakland following the acquittal of former East Pittsburgh Police officer Michael Rosfeld, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Rosfeld was charged with homicide in the fatal shooting of Antwon Rose II, who was unarmed, as he fled a felony traffic stop.

Supporters of Antwon Rose gathered for a vigil on Sunday, two days after former police Officer Michael Rosfeld was acquitted of homicide in Rose’s 2018 death.

The vigil began just after 2 p.m. at Hawkins Village in Rankin, where Rose’s mother lives. Several dozen people formed a circle and sang. They brought red roses, purple ribbons, white flowers and white candles.

“I’m confused and afraid,” they chanted.

#AntwonRose’s mother says if another department hires #Rosfeld as a cop, “somebody else’s mother is going to be sitting in my shoes.”

“Whether he was convicted or not, he murdered my son,” Michelle Kenney said today on the basketball court where her son spent much of childhood. pic.twitter.com/fuLoD0C8np

— Natasha Lindstrom (@NewsNatasha) March 24, 2019

The vigil is one of at least two events Sunday. A prayer vigil is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. tonight at Warren United Methodist Church in the Hill District. The event will include prayer and singing, according to a flyer sent by organizers to the media.

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