Anger over the death of George Floyd has worldwide.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in London, Berlin and Toronto over the weekend to protest the death of Floyd’s Remembrance Day during a confrontation with Minneapolis police, according to news reports.
Shouting “important black life” and holding signs that read “Justice for George Floyd” and “racism have no place,” protesters gather at London’s Trafalgar Square on Sunday and block traffic outside the US embassy, the biggest public gathering since locking Coronavirus enforced. , BBC reports.
“I am very sympathetic to this problem but also surprised to see the emotional power that has gathered people,” Reverend Sally Hitchiner, related to the vicar in St. Church. Martin-in-the-Fields in the square, told the shop.
“Obviously they are not following locking and social distance, but I think there is a lot of passion there and that overrides their concerns,” Hiitchiner said. “This is a problem that requires passion but at the same time there is a huge amount of risk in what they do.”
The BBC said “several people” were arrested.
Protesters marched against the death of George Floyd by a police officer in TorontoCarlos Osorio / REUTERS
Floyd, 46, died Monday after being pinched to the ground by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin even though he repeatedly asked for air.
On Saturday, protests erupted in Germany, where thousands of people gathered outside the US embassy in Berlin, demonstrators raised signs that read, “I can’t breathe,” NBC News said.
The video the recording is posted on Twitter by NBC correspondent Carl Nasman showing a large crowd outside the embassy, peacefully clapping in protest.
And in Toronto, as many as 4,000 protesters marched on Saturday. A video posted by Toronto Global journalist Albert Delitala on Twitter shows protesters marching on Brunswick Avenue in the Canadian city.
