World rallies against George Floyd’s death with ‘burn down racism’
An activist holds up a megaphone as thousands of people defy the coronavirus lockdown order to take part in a ‘Black Lives Matter’ in Parliament Square, London, UK. – EPA pic, June 7, 2020.
TAKING a knee, banging drums and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London yesterday kicked off a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality. The death at police hands of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, brought tens of thousands out onto the streets during a pandemic that is ebbing in Asia and Europe but spreading in other parts of the world.
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