Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration write with chalk on Market Street in front of the Charlottesville Police Department on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration gather on the sidewalk in front of the Charlottesville Police Department on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Signs with the names of Black people killed by police sit in front of the Charlottesville Police Department during a noise demonstration on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Donavon Lea leads chants during a noise demonstration in front of the Charlottesville Police Department on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Activist Ang Conn leads a noise demonstration outside of the Charlottesville Police Department on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration take to the streets on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
A motorist on Market Street gestured to police during the Black Lives Matter noise demonstration on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration take to the streets on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration take to the streets on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Activist Ang Conn leads a noise demonstration outside of the Charlottesville Police Department on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration march down the Downtown Mall on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Patrons of the Downtown Mall look on as participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration march along the Downtown Mall on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow
Participants of a Black Lives Matter noise demonstration march down the Downtown Mall on April 19, 2021. Credit: Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow

Mike Kropf is a photographer with work printed in various publications in central Virginia. Previously, he was the staff photographer for Longwood University and a photographer for the Washington Football Team.