The message is part of theAbolish the Police Juneteeth Sit-Inmeant to double as a "celebration of freedom and liberation."

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Friday June 19th! ABOLISH THE POLICE JUNTEENTH SIT IN! From 12-6pm beginning at College & Bay ending at City Hall. We are occupying Bay st for a peaceful sit in and celebration of Freedom & Liberation, with demands to defund the Toronto police to abolishing the police! (Full demands will be posted soon) Please bring food and water, sunscreen & energy! We will be practicing social distancing so bring a mask & IF YOU’RE SICK, STAY HOME! Information is in the post above & we will be posting general call outs for volunteers to help social distancing protocol & PPE distribution! BE READY! No justice, No peace! #notanotherblacklife #blacklivesmatter

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It is one of manyongoing protests taking place this weekendaround Toronto that call for police reform and an end to anti-Black racism.

DEFUND THE POLICE has been painted outside Toronto Police Headquarters -@FareenKarim#Toronto#TorontoPolice#TorontoPoliceHeadquarters#DefundThePolicepic.twitter.com/K9dyE0LiKj

— blogTO (@blogTO)June 19, 2020

Today also marksJuneteeth, a holiday primary celebrated in the United States that marks the liberation of those still held as slaves near the end of the American Civil War.

Protesters have painted the words DEFUND THE POLICE on the street surrounded by the names of victims outside Toronto Police Headquarters -@FareenKarim#Toronto#TorontoPolice#TorontoPoliceHeadquarters#DefundThePolicepic.twitter.com/Eaxn3Dmjeq

— blogTO (@blogTO)June 19, 2020

Calls to defund the Toronto Police Services have been growing withseveral city councillorssupporting a partial defunding of the police budget.

Today TPS and the mayor are getting up in front of the media to tell us that they are responding to our calls by doing more of the same.

We say bun dat.

我们要求更好。我们要求我们的生活。

Defund. Disarm. Dismantle.

Our Demands:https://t.co/Gifh3IeTpT#DefundThePolice

— Black Lives Matter — Toronto (@BLM_TO)June 19, 2020

Toronto Police Services have made recommendations forconfronting anti-Black racism, but many said it's not enough.

Similar messages have been painted on city streets, such as the one across from the White House in Washington D.C. where 'Black Lives Matter' was painted in yellow.

Covering the road leading away from the White House, are the words Black Lives Matter, written in yellow, followed by the flag of what would be the 51st state if Washington D.C. ever becomes one.
pic.twitter.com/N2fduMR2nV

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud)June 6, 2020

The march was slated to start at noon on Friday, June 19, beginning at TPS headquarters and travelling south to city hall.