FREMONT, Ohio —
Rallies hit hard on a personal level for one local leader. The mayor of Fremont stood alone until his community rallied around him.
"It's great knowing that your elected officials and the people in our community are willing to just come out and stand at a corner and hold some signs letting them know that they really do stand with us literally, and figuratively," bystander Lawrence Rhea said.
Mayor of Fremont Danny Sanchez decided to hold his own rally and stand at the corner of West State Street and North Arch alone.
That is until members of the community decided to join him.
"I don't think it needs to be 50 or 100 people to make a difference I'm in a position as Mayer in the city of Fremont in a town that I love in a diverse community and I just think that it's important for me to let this community know that that I'm with them and for them and I hear them," Sanchez said,
To Mayor Sanchez, the death of George Floyd is personal.
"I just want to make sure that my grandkids have the same rights that other people have, that’s why I am out here,” Sanchez said.
With such a positive response from the Fremont community, the mayor says he will hold another rally Wednesday for the community to join.
"I asked him if I could join him if the other officers can join them, and they were for that, and I'm anxious to be out there with them, talk with them and support them in anyway I can” Fremont Chief of Police Dean Bliss said.
"Just grateful to be in a good city and we're hoping the community rallies and we can all build from something like this," Fremont Cpt. of Operations Ty Conger said.
Wednesday's rally is set for 4:30 at the same corner.
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