‘Deaths are not just happening in the US’: how a protest movement first launched in America made its brand in BritainOn the same day last week as protesters lay down in front of traffic on roads around England,a video of the shooting of an unarmed teenager by police in Chicago was released in the United States.
Shock and exasperate greeted the death of 18-year-aged Paul O’Neal and sympathy poured in for his family. Some 4000 miles away, the peaceful protest being played out on the asphalt, and the first ever day of action by Black Lives Matter UK,met with disbelief and irritation and a handful of arrests. Related: Black Lives Matter UK rally in three cities – in pictures Related: Black Lives Matter protests block roads around UK Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com