Black Lives Matter protesters block streets in London over death of George Floyd

A protest related to London's "Black Lives Matter" movement broke out in the neighbourhood Peckham on Saturday (May 30), in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by a police officer in the U.S. city Minneapolis earlier this week.

Organisers for the demonstration said they held a moment of silence in the park for Floyd's death but also said the protest was meant to shed light on racial injustice within the British judiciary system against black people.

Earlier in the week, graphic video footage of his death showed George Floyd gasping for air and pleading for help as he repeatedly groaned, "please, I can't breathe," while a crowd of anguished bystanders shouted at police to let the man up.

The white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin shown in video footage using his knee to pin Floyd's neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday following Floyd's death.

Floyd's death has led to dozens of often violent protests erupting across dozens of U.S. cities.

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