Demonstrators march in protest of Tina Fontaine verdict

Indigenous activists Cameron Monkman and Lela George organized the protest. Theysay they marched because of unfairness inCanada's judicial system.

"We're being ignored, and this is a way of having our voices heard," Monkman said.

The protestors held hands in a square that briefly stopped traffic at Dundas and Richmond.

Fontaine, a 15 year-old Indigenous girl, was found dead on the banks ofWinnipeg's Red River in August 2015. Raymond Joseph Cormier was charged with her murder later that year, but was found not guilty Thursday.

George and Monkman had previously organized a protest in light of the verdict in the Colton Boushietrial.

George says the Fontainecase made her think of the safety of Indigenous youth, including her own children.

"This hit me hard because this was a young child, and I have children of my own," she said. "We want to see our young people safe, we want to know that they're safe if they'reout on their own."