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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The checks from Soros must have cleared.
LOL!
No you won’t. Not on this site.
The communists and black extremists have done their homework and organized well amongst the extremist and stupid of the world.
there were several countries that rioted and nations leaders flipped and Bengazi stuff happened because of a you tube video, Remember, Very plausible. /s
Reading between the words and protests....It’s globalist countries be offended and trying to trump Trump...Nothing more...Look at your own countries to wave the pink hankies at every bowing moment.
he ain’t worth it
sorry he died but he was a petty crim and druggie
What makes him such a great martyr ?
No kidding. Our “leaders” have now forever forfeited use of the the words “Covid” or “Corona”.
Derek Chauvin the cop that is suspected in killing Floyd hasn’t even been questioned that we know of yet.
The useful idiots we see here will be the first to go when their overlords they idolize take over. History they did not learn
I don’t think he’s made into a hero. He was a man who was killed in public by a policeman when he did nothing deserving of that level of brutality. This is not what American cops in general do - this is what is shocking. If it happened in Zambia or El Salvador, yeah ok, but the USA is far better than any of those. That is what shocked the world - that it could happen in the greatest nation on earth - one bad apple shocks - a lot of bad apples don’t.
well they have moved on from the 40s.
however I agree with you - this entire matter is an internal American matter. The other countries should butt out.
As I said above - the reason they are shocked is because the USA is held to (and nearly always meets) a higher standard. The Germans can be shocked, but they should stay out of this matter.
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