Protestors hold vigil for victims of rally

About 30 people came out to Cathy and Bob Anderson Park in Hollywood to speak out against racism and intolerance on Sunday.

Protesters came donning signs and shirts with taglines such as “Refuse fascism” and calls to take down Confederate flags and monuments. The demonstration was meant to honor the people killed and injured protesting white supremacy in Charlottesville, Va., just a day before.

“Everyone has been emboldened by Trump’s election,” Dara Hill, who grew up in Hollywood, told the crowd Sunday. “We betray all of our neighbors if we do not take a stand.”

In the Hollywood park sat a picture of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed after James Alex Fields Jr., 20, rammed his Dodge Challenger through a crowd of protesters at the Virginia rally on Saturday. The crash also injured several others. Fields was charged with second-degree murder.

The Charlottesville crowd rallied to protest a gathering of white supremacists — including neo-Nazis, skinheads and members of the Ku Klux Klan — who rallied against plans to remove a Confederate statue.

“People like me and my ancestors were enslaved and that’s the institution they’re trying to protect,” Tiffany Burks, a member of Black Lives Matter Alliance Broward, said at the Hollywood vigil.

Activists held similar vigils Sunday in West Palm Beach and Miami.

PHOTOS BY RANDY VAZQUEZ/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER A photo of Heather Heyer is placed in the center of a vigil circle at Cathy and Bob Anderson Park in Hollywood on Sunday.

Tiffany Burks, a member of Black Lives Matter Alliance Broward, spoke at the Hollywood vigil.