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I spent some of the morning looking at how #BLMldn protests played out. Thought Iā€™d amplify some of the things that struck me. Thread:
First, Huckā€™s @bencsmoke made a good thread that followed the whole days events:

This is an important point, and resonates with what I saw when I was in central London as people assembled yesterday. It was a grassroots thing, unlike so many of the top-heavy boring demos the left organises. Hende absence of manufactured placards.
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A: Save the tiger!

B: You shouldnā€™t say ā€˜save the tigerā€™! You should say ā€˜save all animalsā€™.

A: Of course all animals should be protected, but tigers are on the verge of extinction. They need saving.

B: Oh I get it.

C: Save the pigeon!
#BlackLivesMattters #BlackLivesMatterUK ImageImageImageImage
ā€œBlack lives matters, just matter, not matter more than you....thatā€™s where we start the negotiations...ā€
- Michael Che - PART 1
#BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BLMUK #BritishHistoryMatters
"There's a lot of tension. Blacks and cops aren't getting along.

I don't know if you've seen the news for the past 400 years but...ā€
- Michael Che - PART 2 #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLMLDN
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iā€™m at the #blacklivesmatter protest in london where thousands of people have turned up in the rain to show their support
thereā€™s a guy giving out free masks at the #blacklivesmatter protest outside parliament square in london
some of the signs spotted at the #BlackLivesMatter protest in london
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Warnings from the Health Secretary and Met Police Commissioner for people NOT to protest today - havenā€™t worked. Thousands already here at the Black Lives Matter protest in Parliament Square. #BLMLDN @LBC
This group are handing out free PPE to protesters arriving at Parliament Square (hand sanitiser, gloves and masks). But as you can see, all social distancing has gone out of the window @LBC
ā€œBLMā€ has now been spray painted on the side of the foreign office @LBC
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THREAD: A lot of people have been asking us what they can do to support #BlackLivesMatter.

Police systematically target black people with stop & search - so much so that in London black people are 4 times more likely to be stop & searched than white people. #BLMLDN
Many of those killed by the police in the UK were done so after a stop & search.

We've revised our guidance on filming the police during stop & search.

Film the police. Film, film, film the police:

netpol.org/resources/filmā€¦
If you are going on a #BlackLivesMattterUK demo, there is a quick "Know Your Rights" briefing here:
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Crowds growing by Speakers Corner for an anti-racism protest in London after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. People are chanting his name and 'black lives matter'. Several thousand here already
Here's a better photo #BlackLivesMattter #blmldn
As you can see, physical distancing is not being observed but you could say people are less close to each other than they otherwise would be
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Thereā€™s easily hundreds of people already heading into Hyde Park for the start of the #BLMLDN protest this afternoon. Many carrying Black Lives Matter signs and placards @LBC
Chants of ā€œGeorge Floyd!ā€ and ā€œBelly Mujinga!ā€ ringing out from Hyde Park now. Belly was the ticket collector who died of Covid-19 after someone spat in her face. #BLMLDN

This campaignerā€™s urging protesters to space out, and respect social distancing. @LBC
Look at the incredible turnout already at the #BlackLivesMattter protest in London this afternoon. Hard to guess at numbers but hundreds still pouring in. Most wearing masks and trying to stay apart, but that is almost impossible. @LBC
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