The march began at Academy Park High School, where in August police shot into a crowd leaving the football stadium after a game. Police fired into a vehicle they mistakenly suspected of being involved in another incident, killing Fanta and wounding three others.

Community outrage has centered on the lack of police accountability and the trumped-up charges leveled on the two youths involved in a separate incident by Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer. None of the officers involved who shot and killed Fanta have been identified or charged.