09 June 2020

In Pictures: Anti-racism protests continue as funeral held for George Floyd

09 June 2020

Anti-racism protests have continued across the UK as the funeral of George Floyd, the victim of police brutality in Minneapolis, took place in the US.

People during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college which has reignited amid anti-racism demonstrations (PA Wire)
Protesters in front of Oriel College, Oxford, beneath the statue of Cecil Rhodes, during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from the Oxford college which has reignited amid anti-racism demonstrations (PA Wire)
People during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college which has reignited amid anti-racism demonstrations (PA Wire)
People during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college which has reignited amid anti-racism demonstrations (PA Wire)
People during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college which has reignited amid anti-racism demonstrations (PA Wire)
People during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college which has reignited amid anti-racism demonstrations (PA Wire)
Black Lives Matter demonstrators outside Downing Street in London (PA Wire)
Black Lives Matter demonstrators outside Downing Street in London (PA Wire)
Workers prepare to take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan at West India Quay, east London, as Labour councils across England and Wales will begin reviewing monuments and statues in their towns and cities (PA Wire)
Workers prepare to take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan at West India Quay, east London as Labour councils across England and Wales will begin reviewing monuments and statues in their towns and cities (PA Wire)
Graffiti that reads 'Son of slaver and Colonialist Profiteer' has appeared on the statue of Robert Dundas 2nd Viscount Melville, son of Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville, in Melville Street, Edinburgh (PA Wire)

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