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Mancunians take a knee for George Floyd as protests are held across the region

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Activists protesting against the death of George Floyd knelt in the middle of Oxford Road during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Manchester.

Mr Floyd, an unarmed black man, was filmed gasping and saying 'I can’t breathe' as a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.

His death, in Minneapolis on May 25, has sparked days of protest in the US. Activists from Manchester Stand Up To Racism chanted 'black lives matter' and 'no justice, no peace' as they knelt outside Manchester University on Wednesday evening (June 3).

A similar protest took place outside St John's Church in Trafford, while across Greater Manchester others joined in the demonstration by kneeling on their doorsteps or outside their homes.

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