South Africans take a stand in black lives matter protest in Oxford
The South Africans at the UK rally said they were following the news from home closely and were dismayed by police violence during SA’s lockdown
04 June 2020 - 12:42
Oxford, UK — Hundreds of demonstrators, among them SA students, turned out in the historic university town of Oxford on Wednesday to protest against the killing of George Floyd, an African-American man, by a white US police officer.
The UK chapter of activist group Black Lives Matter organised the rally as people across the globe gathered in solidarity with US protesters who have taken to the streets en masse since a video went viral of Floyd begging for mercy as the officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. US President Donald Trump has fanned tensions by deploying the national guard...
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