June 15, 2020

BLM supporter speaks out after carrying counter-protester to safety

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/14/blm-supporter-speaks-out-after-carrying-counter-protester-to-safety

BLM supporter speaks out after carrying counter-protester to safety

2020-06-14 00:00:00, Clea Skopeliti, The Guardian

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/People & Society/Social Issues & Advocacy

Word Count:
972

Words/Sentence:
26

Reading Time:
6.48 min

Reading Quality:
Intermediate

Readability:
11th or 12th

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At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair for my children and my grandchildren."

Police said 113 people were arrested on Saturday, including a 28-year-old man detained on suspicion of urinating by a Westminster memorial dedicated to the murdered police officer Keith Palmer, after far-right activists organised a counter-protest to BLM groups.

I couldn't sleep."

Describing his motivation to help the protester, Jamaine Facey, a personal trainer, said: "I'm not protecting him, I'm protecting our kids.

When far-right groups began to clash with black protesters, Hutchinson said the man he helped had been caught alone and left by his friends.

Pierre Noah, a businessman and friend of Hutchinson's, said of the incident: "It would have turned out really bad because someone's life would have been taken and you know what would have happened.

The Metropolitan police said its officers were injured after being kicked, punched or hit by missiles as they faced hundreds of angry demonstrators, who claimed they were protecting statues.

"If the other three police officers that were standing around when George Floyd was murdered had thought about intervening, and stopping their colleague from doing what he was doing, like we did, George Floyd would be alive today.

"I just want equality, equality for all of us.

Keywords
Black Lives Matter movement, Far right, Protest, Race, London, UK news

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