from Brazil to Iran thousands have
gathered to show solidarity with us
protests over the killing of George
Floyd he died after a Minneapolis cop
kneeled on his neck for nearly nine
minutes
the worldwide events echoed peaceful
messages in support of the black lives
matter movement in South America
hundreds of protestors came together
outside Rio de Janeiro state government
building on May 31st they demanded an
end to police brutality against black
people within Rio's working-class
neighborhoods known as favelas Iranians
held a small demonstration outside the
Swiss Embassy to Syrian artists painted
a mural in memory of Floyd in war-torn
aid lib and in Israel a group gathered
to protest the killing of Yad italic an
autistic Palestinian man as well as
Floyd in London demonstrators marched
through the city and around the u.s.
embassy defying the UK's coronavirus
restrictions that prohibit mass
gatherings protesters kneeled in unison
chanting no justice no peace in
Trafalgar Square while the protests have
mostly been peaceful there have been
some clashes with the police and statues
of slave traders were torn down across
England protesters threw the statue of
slave trader Edward Colston into the
harbor on Sunday in Belgium
city officials removed the statue of
colonial king leopold ii this came after
protesters vandalized and torched the
statue protests against police brutality
also formed throughout Berlin
demonstrators gathered around the US
Embassy in Italy black lives matter
protesters surrounded the US consulate
the country is only beginning to ease
lockdown so they appeared to be social
distancing across France more than
23,000 protesters took to the streets
demonstrators in Paris kneeled in
silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds
and homage to Floyd in Ireland over 150
protestors gathered with science reading
the world is watching
On June first they gathered again the
next day outside of the US Embassy Row
testers also called for an end to racism
in Canada where recent police killing of
the black man and another DEATH
currently under investigation have
inflamed tensions these protests merged
with calls for solidarity with us
demonstrators rallying against Boyd's
death in New Zealand around 4,000
protesters took to the streets of
Auckland for rallies and vigils on June
1st crowds gathered outside the u.s.
consulate
in Australia protestors called out
systemic racism as well as Aboriginal
deaths and police custody in their own
country
protests demanding justice and an end to
racist policing are expected to continue
this week
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