LONDON (HRNW) – Hundreds of Londoners defied coronavirus restrictions and rallied outside the US embassy in solidarity with protests raging across the United States over the death of an unarmed black man during an arrest.
The death of George Floyd in Minnesota has sparked five consecutive nights of often violent protests that resulted in National Guard troops patrolling majority US cities.
The London protesters chanted: “No justice, no peace” and “Enough is enough” as they marched towards the US embassy compound on the southern bank of the Thames River.
Shouting “Say his name! George Floyd!” they held up “Black Lives Matter” signs outside the embassy building.
Earlier, a few hundred had earlier gathered in Trafalgar Square in the heart of London for a vigil that saw everyone kneel for nine minutes — the amount of time the policeman kneeled on Floyd s neck.
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