BORIS Johnson said last night Black Lives Matter protesters “cannot be ignored” but rioters must face the ‘”full force of the law”. Mr Johnson said the outrage over the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minnesota had awakened an “incontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice” and he called for people to “work peacefully, lawfully, to defeat racism”. In a Twitter video message last night, he acknowledged the concerns of anti-racist protesters’ are “founded on a cold reality”. But the PM declared that protesters who defaced the Cenotaph and Winston Churchill’s statue would face criminal charges. Yobs also tried to burn a Union Flag at the Cenotaph and hurled fireworks and other objects at police officers as the Black Lives Matter protests turned violent in London on Sunday. In the Commons yesterday, Home Secretary Priti Patel vowed anyone who attacked the police officers would be prosecuted.She said at least 137,000 people broke lockdown rules to take part protests in the past week. In all, 200 protests were staged across the UK. Brits were protesting against racism and police brutality after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In Parliament Square the statue of Churchill was defaced as thousands… Read full this story
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