Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man, was shot to death by officers in an incident that became widely known after a cellphone video of the encounter began circulating widely.
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London’s Metropolitan Police declined to comment on the march in Brixton, south London, or give any information about the number of officers deployed.
Like Evans, demonstrators took to the streets nationwide in almost every major city to protest police brutality and violence against Black and brown people around the country.
The girlfriend of Philando Castile, killed in Minnesota, talked about the shootings in Dallas.
At least two officers were injured by protesters – one hit with a glass bottle and the other by fireworks, according to St. Paul police. Brown also said the entire police force is hurting this morning and that the ambush was “cowardly”. She says while many Americans think relations between police and African-Americans have improved, they haven’t.
“It felt like even though I didn’t know anyone, we were a strong group of friends who all wanted to protect each other”. They temporarily shut down Rock Creek Parkway. “I would love them to continue and I’d love for non-black people to be here for us when we’re not organizing about a death”.
It was the third night of marches in Washington.
He said they “triangulated” in the downtown area where the protesters were marching and had “some knowledge of the route” they would take.
Black Lives Matter organizers said they weren’t planning to provoke police.
“We’re at a tipping point”, he said.
One of the protestor’s sign read: “Who’s policing the police?” “The suspect stated that he was not affiliated with any groups and he stated that he did this alone”.
Marchers also took to the streets Saturday night in Miami, with police saying Interstate 395 was shut down for a brief period.
It comes after USA police officers killed Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile, 32, in St Paul, Minnesota.
The same week, sniper Micah Xavier Johnson killed five police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas.
“It’s not about ‘all lives matter.’ It’s about what lives are on the line right now”, Rijo said.
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He said he is not an activist, and that he is not political. We have to do better.
