About 50 Palo Alto residents and Stanford students congregated this afternoon in front of Palo Alto City Hall to peacefully protest a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to pursue a trial for an officer who shot an unarmed resident in Ferguson, Mo. earlier this year.

Originally starting at the plaza by Pizza My Heart, the protesters relocated to City Hall. The protest was peaceful, with people holding cardboard signs with sayings such as “#blacklivesmatter” and “No Justice in AmeriKKKa.”

Volunteers took turns stepping into the middle of the circle to relate their personal stories and opinions on the Ferguson decision.

A Stanford student studying the Program in African and African American Studies, Tianay Pulphus, elicited murmurs of agreement from the crowd when she said, “Do not be afraid when people say do not assemble. Do not be afraid when people say do not organize.”

Another protester, Angel Santuario, originally came to videotape the protest, but ended up speaking to the crowd.

“It’s not the system that failed us,” Santuario said sarcastically. “The system worked perfectly.”