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WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita Police Department recently teamed up with their community for the “First Steps Community Cookout.”

Officers from the Wichita Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and Kansas Highway Patrol gathered at the McAdams Park on Sunday.

According to a Facebook post by the Wichita Eagle, a Black Lives Matter protest had planned to march on Sunday, but after meeting with police they agreed to come together and share a meal and fun instead.

The police department posted photos and videos from the cookout to Facebook. Facebook users expressed their joy at seeing something such as this amid the recent tragedies.

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