Thousands protest racism and police violence around the globe in solidarity with U.S.

Thousands protest racism and police violence around the globe in solidarity with U.S.

Seeking justice for George Floyd has expanded beyond the U.S. with thousands hitting the streets around the globe this weekend in protest against racism and police brutality, and in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Turning up to protests in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, and Germany over the weekend, thousands of people gathered in capital cities to demonstrate. Many held signs reading "Justice for George Floyd," and the words "I can't breathe," which were said repeatedly by Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, who died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee against Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Chauvin has been arrested and charged with murder.


Protests have taken place in at least 140 cities across the U.S. in the week since Floyd's death. Here's some glimpses of protests taking place around the globe, in solidarity with those protesting in America.

UK

Protests in London were held in Trafalgar Square and outside the U.S. embassy in Battersea. Black Lives Matter UK declared the protest both as a response to Floyd's death and the decision of British Transport Police not to take further action on the death of Victoria station worker Belly Mujinga, who died with COVID-19 after she was spat on by a man claiming to have coronavirus. Elsewhere in the UK, protests were held in Manchester and Cardiff.



New Zealand

Anti-racism protests took place in the New Zealand cities of Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington. In the largest protest in Auckland, thousands marched from central Auckland's Aotea Square to the U.S. embassy. "The disease of state-based discrimination is not constrained to American borders," Green MP Golriz Ghahraman told the Guardian. “The death of George Floyd is being felt around the world, encapsulating raw injustice that comes from centuries of oppression. We must learn from his death and prioritise the work to eliminate systemic racism from our police and justice systems."




Germany

In Berlin, several hundred protesters staged a protest outside the U.S. embassy. A mural memorial for Floyd has been been painted by artist eme_freethinker at Mauerpark, a former part of the Berlin Wall. Soccer stars in Germany's Bundesliga pro football league also demonstrated during a matches on Saturday and Sunday — Weston McKennie wore "Justice 4 George" handwritten on his armband, Jadon Sancho and Achraf Hakimi wrote "Justice for George Floyd" their jerseys, and Marcus Thuram taking a knee between goals.



Canada

Protests were staged in downtown Montreal on Sunday. "It keeps happening and it's happening here in Montreal so to be here together is to show solidarity and denounce the injustice," event organiser Marie-Livia Beauge told CBC. Protests also happened in Toronto, where demonstrators also demanded justice for the death of Toronto resident Regis Korchinski-Paquet.

The 29-year-old died after falling from an apartment balcony, a moment which her family has accused police of having been involved.






Even if you're not in the U.S., you can read up on how to actively be anti-racist, and demand justice for George Floyd and support protesters from wherever you are in the world. Here's how.

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  1. This isn’t justice, this is pure distruction

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  2. That is the real sign of empathy and humanity. Peaceful demonstrations from all over the globe.

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  3. luting and damaging of private property is not for floyd, he deserves people to respect others. the people that are doing this are nothing but gansters

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  4. Other countries had peaceful demonstrations, not riots. That is what ours should have been.

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  5. Tell me, what does rioting, burning, stealing and brutality have to do with respecting Mr. Floyd? It was terrible what happened to Mr. Floyd, but how is this helping his memory?

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    1. the real looter is in his bunker in the white house.

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    2. Hi Vera. There were 4 officers involved in his murder. Only one has been arrested. The charges are involuntary man slaughter and murder in the 3rd degree. That's not enough.

      Not even close.

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    3. These people that riot are the problem of the world they are jumping on this band wagon for their own need to increase racism and damage to innocent people

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    4. it doesn’t these people that are rioting and looting don’t even know what or who they are doing it for sad

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  6. So did you approve of taking a knee as a form of protest?

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    1. Obviously peaceful protest doesn't work

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  7. The world 🌎 is waking up - Trump tried to destroy so many countries with bullying!

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    1. President Trump gets blamed for everything. Sit down and shut up.

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    2. you are a bully too so why don’t you go away !

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    3. I can stay here as long as I don't go against FB's policy.

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    5. bully your way though FP - good luck !

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  8. Of course it did, guaranteed when Soros has horses in the race of division of humanity.

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  9. Not only for george for the human right and race

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  10. No reason but that was when color tv came out. They didn't even know why the riots just used that to get tv's.

    https://media1.tenor.co/images/b65b3c5a0f9ba8df7f6f1b5526153caf/tenor.gif?itemid=10818519&fbclid=IwAR2Bl9uy_NW9vM9edlARhk8PP0Q375DMzNVoHhbGDbkcfP6Fhs4sKjN7BXQ

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  11. Reminder of days of rioting in Los Angeles a few years back

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  12. #justice #for #George #Floyd

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  13. Is there looting everywhere too or government is doing better job around the globe?

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  14. I can not breathe 🙏☹️😔😢

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  15. i mean the looting etc.

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  16. No more letting killers with law badges get off free for wrongful killings and arrests, if a police officer kills anyone they shall be charged.

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    1. ...they are if it was unjustified.

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    2. unjustified and independently investigated yes, justified and independently investigated no way! If someone is in trouble, being robbed, raped, or murdered, kills a child, invalid, or elderly, then they deserve what's coming to them.

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    3. Yup thats exactly what I mean

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  18. Despite all Corona measures traffic and demonstration limitations, there was a large solidarity meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands !

    https://joop.bnnvara.nl/nieuws/solidariteitsdemonstratie-blacklivesmatter-op-de-dam-trekt-grote-menigte?fbclid=IwAR3N9oBIyYbOA1dlQCifal3D8zP9DypVzc80n0sOQNxaxKKVlcyTaESr9Xo

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  19. I have had enough of these protests They are not peaceful anymore. Looting burning down buildings. destroying everything. They burn down buildings in my peaceful town of La Mesa. They are spreading nothing but violence..

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    1. u r not peaceful with black people so what u do come to u also

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    2. guess the cops shouldn’t have did what they’ve done ¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯

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    3. I guess in your way of thinking it is ok to burn down buildings and to loot.

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    4. sometimes it's the only way to get the message into thick sculls...is yours one of them?? Or do you get the message??

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    5. People don’t think looting and burning buildings is ok. But unfortunately nothing else was working. Your administration is abysmal, your population is desperate. And a man was murdered by someone who’s job is to serve and protect. I read something yesterday, it said “looters are looting, and protesters are protesting, people need to stay focused.”

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    6. I am a peaceful person. The cops need to change their ways. This isnt justice for George Floyd anymore. Burning down buildings and looting is wrong.

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    7. I see your point. My ancestors never suffered. Destruction of property is wrong. Very scary. This isnt justice for George Floyd anymore. It is beyond that.

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    8. peacefully does not work

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    9. But violence does.

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    10. Occasionally

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    11. Never in my book

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    12. unfortunately your white so it really isn't about you

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    13. Oh yes it is. When they start burning down buildings and looting in my peaceful neoghbor. Because of these riots or looters target and Wal-Mart is closed.

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    14. Oh poor baby! Can you breathe?

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  20. can't do that. That would be against their belief. Only if wrong ti them.

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  21. Why do people keep trying to equate the white and black experience?

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  22. Se esses protestos todos fossem tambem contra o radicalismo islâmico, nao teríamos tantos estupros e mortes.

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