WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Presentations were prepared throughout the United States on Sunday to demand racial justice after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis authorities custody, with weekend rallies infecting smaller communities including an east Texas town once a haven for the Ku Klux Klan.
The U.S. marches also motivated anti-racism protests around the world, as demonstrators from Brisbane and Sydney in Australia to London, Paris and other European cities embraced the Black Lives Matter message.
In Washington, 10s of countless individuals chanting “I can’t breathe” and “Hands up, don’t shoot” rallied at the Lincoln Memorial then marched to the White Home on Saturday in the greatest demonstration yet throughout 12 days of presentations across the United States because Floyd died.
A typical message of the day was a determination to transform outrage produced by Floyd’s death last month into a wider motion seeking significant reforms to the U.S. criminal justice system and its treatment of minorities.
” It seems like I get to belong of history and a part of people who are attempting to change the world for everybody,” said Jamilah Muahyman, a Washington homeowner objecting near the White Home.
The gatherings in Washington and dozens of other U.S. cities and towns – city and rural alike – were likewise noteworthy for a generally lower level of stress and discord than was seen throughout