BOSTON (WHDH) - Nurses and Brigham and Women’s Hospital took a knee in support of their black patients, staffers, and community members on Thursday morning.

The kneel-in began at 6:30 a.m. and lasted for eight minutes, about the time a Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd’s neck even after he stopped moving and pleaded for air.

The show of support was organized by an emergency room nurse.

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