Posted on 06/02/2020 11:33:35 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The Hague (AFP) - Thousands of protesters rallied in the Dutch and Irish capitals on Monday against the death of a black man during an arrest by police in the United States.
Defying coronavirus restrictions, demonstrators in both Amsterdam and Dublin carried signs saying "Black Lives Matter", referring to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
The protests that have roiled US cities for six nights have now spread around the world, with rallies as far afield as London and New Zealand.
Around 3,000 protesters packed Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, standing close together despite coronavirus social distancing measures, local media said.
The protest was partly organised by a group that aims to stop the Dutch Christmas tradition of "Black Pete" -- one of Santa's helpers who is dressed in blackface.
In Dublin, protestors marched on the US embassy on Monday afternoon, chanting Floyd's name and taking a knee at the gates of the compound in a moment of silence.
Police on the scene told AFP they estimated between 2,000 and 3,000 took part in the peaceful demonstration, surprising officers who had expected a modest turnout.
Racially diverse protestors carried placards reading "Black lives matter" and "Police murder". One wore a face mask marked with the words "I can't breathe".
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Hey...Georgie..hell awaits thee.
OFFS! I do see the “white silence=violence” sign in the crowd. Fookin’ idjits. Bunch of wankers.
Black Loves Matter!
If it had been a white American, they’d all be picking tulips. And I have a large amount of Dutch blood in my veins.
too bad we can’t “black ops” ol’ Soros
Must've been the mellowest protest ever.
"Hey, big boy, wanna party?"
"Huhhhhh? Whaaaaa? Yeahhhh, yeahhhh. Let me finish looting this bag of Doritos firszzzzzzz....."
*** STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES ***
(What do these fools think they are accomplishing?)
Black Americans have become a highly protected and valuable species. The death of one apparently brings out gnashing of teeth and rending of garments even beyond the United States.
That doesn’t sound like “oppression” - it sounds like entitlement.
And this just spontaneously happened. People so mad and angry they just had to take to the streets, and BTW, paid at $50.00 per day or $100 if you break something
Do we know for sure it was about race? The officer has a history of abuse. Was he an abusive masochistic psycho to both black people and white people? It would be nice to know before the entire world blows up in race riots!!!
What utter BS.
If you ever go to Ireland stay out of Dublin, it is a butt ugly city.
This has the distinct flavor of what was seen back in the 1950’s when Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were being tried on espionage charges.
There was a world wide outcry against their being charged with the death penalty.
It was coordinated worldwide by the Soviet Union and the Communist party. It was orchestrated, the flames were being fanned, and outrage was driven to a fever pitch.
This looks exactly the same, though there may be slightly different entities behind it.
It stinks to high heaven of a coordinated effort.
Assuming, of course, that the people other than the Useful Idiots care about anything other than setting the world on fire to enable them to replace that world with their own.
“... One wore a face mask marked with the words “I can’t breathe”....” Well take off your mask dumbass.
True.. Good point. It would not make a difference racially motivated or not. Evil never lets a crisis go to waste.
Whenever I first heard that “Never let a crisis...” advice, I knew right then I didn’t have to listen to another word from that side to understand how evil they were.
They laid it all out right there. I read “Rules For Radicals” back before the 2008 election, and...it was all in there.
They are total freaking morons.
The same type that go around wearing stupid colored ribbons to show how much they care about something, which ultimately results in nothing.
Just a taste of things to come.
Revelation 6:4 - Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
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