Boris Johnson condemns ‘racist thuggery’ after UK protests turn violent
2020-06-15 09:43:08 source：Politico
June 14, 2020
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned “racist thuggery” after right-wing protesters clashed with anti-racist activists and police in London on Saturday.
London police arrested 100 people, among thousands who traveled to the city to protest, on charges including violent disorder and assault on officers.
The city has become a new epicenter for protests in the weeks following the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in the U.S. as the Black Lives Matter movement has gone global. It has prompted a reckoning with the U.K.’s history of involvement in the slave trade and racism.
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