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Parents and people of faith argued on Wednesday that biblical passages called into question for being “violent or vulgar” needed to be judged in context.

The protest is currently being planned for May 6th at 4 p.m. It will take place outside of the Casper Police Department, located at 201 North David Street.

“Let’s not be silent,” she said. “Let’s not close our eyes and close our mouths. Let’s keep agitating for change. Maybe what we don’t need is a police department, but a department of public safety.”

Hundreds of people gathered in Casper for demonstrations on June 3 and 5 to protest the police death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.

The video of the nearly nine last minutes of Floyd's life went viral and inspired protests worldwide.

Police say their injuries were not considered to be life-threatening.

The silence turned to talk, sometimes angry talk, after the demonstrators arrived at the Hall of Justice .

All other city operations will continue as they have been under the COVID-19 precautions to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Separately, a peaceful vigil is set for 6 p.m. Friday at David Street Station.

Organizer Dauvi Thompson-Rodriguez said he started doing the peaceful protest downtown by himself.

The officer, Derek Chauvin, was fired shortly afterward and has since been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, both felonies.

Protests erupted in Denver on Saturday night over the death of George Floyd, who died while in the custody of the Minneapolis police.