Outside Islington police station in north London on Saturday 18 July
BLM protests in Lewsiham
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Above: BLM protest in Lewisham, south east London
Below: Smethwick, West Midlands takes the knee
Around 60 people gathered in Smethwick to take the knee for racial equality.
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Leamington Spa says black lives matter!
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Above: Leamington Spa
Carmarthen, Wales: 100 turn out for Picton Must Fall! demo
A socially distanced demonstration calling for the removal of the Picton Memorial in Carmarthen and its replacement with a fitting memorial to the victims of Thomas Picton and slavery.
The anti-racist march was held to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and in honour of local man Trevor Smith, who was tragically shot dead by armed police last year.
Despite the number of attendees estimated at around 300 by reporters and 2,000 by organisers, the event was a peaceful gathering of BCFC supporters from all backgrounds who joined forces to voice their solidarity against racism and hate.
Marc Gauntlett, who led the march with friends, hopes it will bring together football fans and former ‘hooligans’, “uniting people of all backgrounds against hate.”
Gauntlett was active in The Zulu Warriors hooligan firm which supports Birmingham City Football Club, and has left behind a life of violence related to hooliganism. Now reformed, he wants to show that football fans must rise beyond racist attitudes and challenge racism in the sport.
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Justice for Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry
There have been calls to widen the focus of these protests to include the cases of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46.
Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry
The sisters were murdered but the police treatment of the families has shocked the country.
The police refused to search for the sisters when the family asked for help to find them. A boyfriend of one of the sisters eventually found the bodies.
Police officers involved in the inquiry took photographs of the deceased and allegedly shared the selfies on some of their social media.
This level of dehumanisation of black women is truly horrendous, not to mention racist. The officers have been suspended.
At the least, the police officers who took the disgusting selfies should be sacked forthwith and then prosecuted for misconduct in a public office.
Two days ago an 18-year-old man was arrested after the police were forced to put resources into hunting down the suspect.
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