Protesters gather at site of fatal gas station shooting
Demonstrators including Barbara Buress (right) and LJ Abraham (left) shout at customers of the Kroger gas station at 6660 Poplar Ave., where a man was shot last weekend. Some of the demonstrators circled the station in their cars, playing loud music and others parked vehicles in front of gas pumps. (Rob Moore/Daily Memphian)
A week after the shooting death of an unarmed Black man by an unlicensed security guard, protestors staged a boycott of the Kroger fuel station.
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Kroger Alvin Motley Jr 6660 PoplarRob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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