In solidarity with Americans and Canadians protesting the death of George Floyd, a local rally in London has garnered a lot of support.
Black Lives Matter London is hosting a physical distancing rally in London’s Victoria Park from 3 to 6 p.m. this Saturday. “A protest is not a solution to racism, but it’s one step forward towards equality,” said recent high school graduate and organizer of the protest Ghaida Hamdun.
Tensions in the U.S. have been growing in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Black man who pleaded for air as an officer pressed a knee into his neck.
Floyd’s death in Minneapolis came after tensions had already flared after two white men were arrested in May for the February shooting death of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery