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Added on the 04/06/2020 06:46:21 - Copyright : AFP EN
New York, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).The protests against police brutality and racism that erupted after the murder of African American George Floyd by a white Minneapolis cop have resulted in demonstrators setting up a huge camp before the New York City Hall, where for a week they have been demanding sharp cuts in funding for the city's police department and a change in municipal priorities.(Camera: ALBA VIGARAY).FOOTAGE SHOWS PROTESTERS CAMPING IN FRONT OF THE NEW YORK CITY HALL IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, US, AS PART OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
Activists, some wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, attend a Black Lives Matter protest march from Hyde Park towards Parliament Square in London. Britain has seen days of protests sparked by the death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in the United States. IMAGES
Large swathes of protesters stream toward the White House for a mass demonstration over the death of George Floyd, systemic racism and police brutality, as the protests triggered by his killing at police hands entered a second weekend. IMAGES
Protesters start gathering in the morning at the newly-named Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House, ahead of large protests taking place in the capital over police brutality and the death of George Floyd. IMAGES
Protesters celebrate Breonna Taylor's birthday during a Black Lives Matter rally in the New York neighbourhood of Brooklyn. In March, the 26-year-old medical worker was shot dead in her own apartment in Louisville, Kentucky by police who barged in, alleging her home had been used by drug dealers. IMAGES
Black Lives Matter protesters take a knee on Trafalgar Square after the killing of George Floyd by US police. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill, died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes. IMAGES