Rosie Smith 27 is interviewed by a film crew at Parliament Square as ‘Black Lives Matter’ protestors gather In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA on the 25 May 2020. Ex Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee, with assistance from two other officers into George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, despite his pleas of "I can't breathe," This has becoming a rallying cry for racial injustice and has sparked off protests all over the world. Rosie says “I just want some change and acknowledgement and that its not just the white mans history. I’m mixed race so my grandfather on the white side was in the Navy, he brought my family to Hong Kong, so I are up in China and move to Britain when I was 17 and couldn’t believe the devision in this country, so it would be nice to just have United Kingdom”.
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A ‘Black Power Fist stencil’ has been sprayed on the back of a skateboarders jacket - Protestors gather in Hyde Park, prior to a march up Park Lane to Trafalgar square In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA on the 25 May 2020. Ex Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee, with assistance from two other officers into George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, despite his pleas of "I can't breathe," This has fast become a rallying cry for racial injustice and has sparked off protests all over the world.
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Rachael and Isaiah 10. Rachael says “I’ve got three children and my eldest son who is 19, has been stopped 25 times in the last 18 months by the police just because the colour of his skin. He has no record never has never been arrested, the fact that we accept that this is normal, speaks for itself”. Rachael’s hope that this will stop for here 10 year old son Isaiah “and that he won’t be judged by the colour of his skin, and it won’t go against him when it comes to job, and that things are equal across the board”. Protestors gathered in Hyde Park, prior to a march up Park Lane to Trafalgar square In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA on the 25 May 2020. Ex Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee, with assistance from two other officers into George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, despite his pleas of "I can't breathe," This has becoming a rallying cry for racial injustice and has sparked off protests all over the world.
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Tianna, 19, addresses a ‘Black Lives Matter’ gathering in Hyde Park, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA on the 25 May 2020. Ex Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee, with assistance from two other officers into George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, despite his pleas of "I can't breathe," This has becoming a rallying cry for racial injustice and has sparked off protests all over the world. Tianna says “I’m here to uplift my people and to get justice, change and dismantle the systematic racism that exists in the country, the world and has been going on for more than 400 years. I want to empower my people, these are my ancestors. I am fighting for the lives of the future and the past, I’m fighting for everybody, all of my brothers and sisters”.