Protests around the world show no signs of letting up following the death of George Floyd, with many of them peaceful but a scary amount also descending into needless, counter-productive chaos and violence.
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Over in central London today, a bunch of wannabe American idiots chanted ‘Fuck the police’ and started throwing objects and fluid at British police who, by all accounts, were behaving sensibly throughout the protests:
Protesting US police brutality by attacking british coppers is not on pic.twitter.com/EzIUlJg051
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) June 3, 2020
And more:
Disgusting scenes in London today. pic.twitter.com/gWRUqS2pFj
— Michael Heaver (@Michael_Heaver) June 3, 2020
Via Rupert Myers who attended the BLM protest in Hyde Park:
I attended (from safe distance) the protest in Hyde park out of solidarity with an important message, I hesitated before saying this, but I was horrified by:
– the lack of social distancing
– the horrific abuse hurled at the police who were being kind, courteous and tolerant.— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) June 3, 2020
I saw young kids screaming “fuck the police” to the faces of officers who stood calmly by and monitored the procession. One thing to make your voice heard, another not to think before you use that voice.
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) June 3, 2020
Aside from social distancing measures being utterly ignored, it’s pretty tragic to see British police completely disrespected like this considering they are worlds apart from their trigger happy peers over in the US. Good news is that the protests in London have been mostly peaceful aside from a handful of incidents, as far as we can tell.
Several police officers just took a knee after requests #blmldn pic.twitter.com/wNGew2WTSY
— Mattha Busby (@matthabusby) June 3, 2020
Police continually being asked to take a knee, some doing so to great applause. Few tense conversations between officers and protesters, and a tub of pasta just got lobbed as boos ring out. Reinforcements coming now pic.twitter.com/vvcjK7PwFY
— Mattha Busby (@matthabusby) June 3, 2020
Would be a shame if a few bad apples ruined it for the peaceful protesters who are legitimately there to take a stand against racism as opposed to just looking for an excuse to raise hell. Not to mention undermining the whole movement in the first place. Let’s hope we don’t go full on America with it in the coming days.
To watch a man brainlessly walk into the middle of a BLM protest with a ‘Fuck BLM’ sign, click HERE. I’m sure you can guess what happens to him.
