Posted on 06/06/2020 6:26:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Another wave of demonstrations kicked off across the globe on Saturday, with tens of thousandsfrom Germany and France to Mexico and Australiaturning out in solidarity with U.S. protesters against the death of George Floyd, while also denouncing racism and police brutality within their own countries.
In London, tens of thousands of people peacefully gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday afternoon, holding signs paying homage to George Floyd, before demonstrating in front of the U.S. embassy.
A fresh wave of anti-racism protests kicked off across Germany on Saturday, filling up cities like Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Nuremberg.
Thousands crowded into Alexanderplatz in Berlins city center with signs that read Black Lives Matter and No justice, no peace, German publication DW reported.
In Hamburg protests turned ugly as police used pepper spray and water cannons to forcibly disperse protesters, with law enforcement blaming hundreds of hooded and aggressive people.
In Mexico, protests flared and turned violent, with demonstrators demanding justice for construction worker Giovanni Lopez, who was allegedly beaten to death in police custody last month.
Protesters in Mexico City vandalized the U.S. embassy, which has been put on lockdown, while in Guadalajara they clashed with policeand one officer was even set on fire (he survived).
Hundreds of Brazilians rallied against racism in the coastal city of Recife, after the death of a five-year-old black boywhile under the care of a white womantriggered social unrest.
Despite French authorities banning people from gathering in front of the U.S. embassy in Paris, thousands showed up anyway during the afternoon, as well as near the Eiffel Tower.
In Australia, a court ruled late on Friday that marches could not be held given the need for social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. But a higher court reversed the order in a last-minute decision on Saturday,
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Bought and paid for.
It’s like a bizzare movie where total chaos and destruction is kicked off by a false narrative.
Where is the proof it was about race!?!
What were the numerous complaints against the officer?!?
The World has gone Insane!!
Yeah Ol Georgi managed to stuck a gun into the belly of a pregnant gal While his homies ransacked her home
This is much worse
The mainstream media can take a bow. They cannot be stopped.
A global success.
I still remember when the secret motto of anti-Chinese Australia was...”Two WONGS don’t make a White.”
Two WONGS dont make a White.
But three Whites will make a left, if they are members of the NEA.
Exactly.
This year’s yellow bracelet.
Yep. Exactly.
And to think that two weeks ago, no one had ever heard of George Floyd and he was still walking around.
I’m almost to the point where I’d actually welcome an all-out nuclear war. Or an asteroid strike. Or the Sun going nova. Or a REAL plague that would wipe the Earth clean.
Thank you for joining FR two months to spew shit like your inanities point you out to be.
Bless these fools. Every George Floyd protest is just another closet Trump Re-election event as the people witnessing the goings-on say to their spouses - well, we sure don’t want to vote for them or what they support! Just check out the status of Trump’s poll #s.
Completely orchestrated and organized by communists. How many here know the names of one murdered person in any of the countries on the rampage? So these people all read about Floyd? Bullsh*t. This has been organized by communists made possible by instant communications.
I hear you. Well, the year isn’t over yet.
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