On Saturday, large crowds of demonstrators demonstrated against racism and police violence in Dortmund, Germany.

A Senegalese boy who was shot and killed in the German city last year was being remembered by those present.

On August 8, 2022, police were called to a foster home after a 16-year-old refugee allegedly threatened to kill himself with a knife.

According to the police, Mouhamed Dramé, the adolescent, ran toward them with a knife. They then allegedly used pepper spray and two tasers on him before shooting him with an automatic weapon.

One officer has reportedly been charged with manslaughter, according to the German news agency dpa.

According to dpa, his commanding officer was charged with inciting dangerous bodily injury, and three other officers were charged with the same crime.

One protester who read a letter that he claimed was from Dramé’s family during the march on Saturday said, “Our mother’s heart is still bleeding.”

The event triggered a discussion regarding police brutality towards minorities and how they handle situations involving those who have mental illnesses in Germany.