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Attendees carried signs and held candles as they held a moment of silence and marched through the streets of downtown Dayton.
“This is not an America that I know ... not an America that I was raised to believe in ... it’s just sad,” said Darryl Baker of Beavercreek, who said he was at the vigil to show solidarity. “We’re unified in our grief.”
Dayton police helped block traffic to keep demonstrators safe. Signs reading “Hate is not a Dayton value” were on the back of squad cars.
The vigil came a day after an Ohio man plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing a 32-year-old woman and injuring 35 others. Hours later, Virginia State Police helicopter that was part of the state’s emergency response crashed near Charlottesville, killing two troopers aboard.
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