Wednesday was the fifth straight day of protests in Buffalo. This time: 300 people, all of different faiths and backgrounds.

"This is not about looting and rioting — it's about murder and racism," said Deacon Jerome Wright, of Elim Christian Fellowship and VOICE-Buffalo.

"It wasn't just George Floyd who got us all riled up.  It's the history of inequality, discrimination, violence, perpetrated on black, brown, yellow and Latino people in this country.”

Buffalo, like many cities across the U.S., saw peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police turn to violence and looting.

"I understand the violence the young people are doing. I don't condone it but you’ve got to understand. They are getting arrested every day on no probable cause. We have cases where we have people with major probable cause and they aren't getting arrested until the people get involved," Wright added.

Wednesday's rally was peaceful, and called for conversation, action and justice, along with demands for change.

"Police reform, protecting police who want reform, and partnership," said Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, of Temple Beth Zion.

"We want our community to know that we see them, hear them, and we stand with them," said Reverend Denise Walden, a faith restorative justice organizer at Restore Buffalo.

The protest made its way to the entrance of the Erie County Holding Center — a place where Wright, an organizer for Wednesday’s protest, says needs a major turnaround.  

"The holding center has been one of the biggest examples of racial inequality in Erie County," he said at the rally.

VOICE-Buffalo and faith groups plan to be making their voices heard again very soon.

The movement for change isn’t going away.

"I'm hoping all our political figures and all officers will take a knee with us in solidarity,” said Walden.