A Black Lives Matter march that was scheduled to take place in Wichita, Kansas, this weekend became a giant barbecue instead after activists and police officers agreed to come together for a community event on Sunday, the Wichita Eagle reported.
Photos uploaded to the Wichita Police Department’s Facebook page on Sunday show officers and community members eating, playing basketball and bouncing in a bouncy house together.
To many online commenters, the casual coming together of police and civilians was a welcome sight after a tumultuous few weeks that included the police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana, Philando Castile in Minnesota and deadly attacks on police officers in Dallas and Baton Roug
