The Malieveld, The Hague, The Netherlands. Saturday 20th June, 2020. This afternoon's demonstration attracted a large crowd of supporters and each adhered to the (Covid-19) social guide line; by wearing a facial mask and social-distancing of the now accepted 1, 5 meters spacing for any organized event. The recent murder of African-American George Floyd in the American state of Minnesota has sparked a world-wide movement of protest and civil unrest. ‘Black Lives Matter' have kept the momentum an on-going -almost daily event in The Netherlands. Today's theme: ‘STOP POLICE BRUTALITY'. BLM joined
The Malieveld, The Hague, The Netherlands. Saturday 20th June, 2020. This afternoon’s demonstration attracted a large crowd of supporters and each adhered to the (Covid-19) social guide line; by wearing a facial mask and social-distancing of the now accepted 1,5 meters spacing for any organized event. The recent murder of African-American George Floyd in the American state of Minnesota has sparked a world-wide movement of protest and civil unrest. ‘Black Lives Matter’ have kept the momentum an on-going -almost daily event in The Netherlands. Today’s theme: ‘STOP POLICE BRUTALITY’. BLM joined forces with numerous other groups, ‘Extinction Rebellion’ generally a group active in climate change actives to name but one. In previous demonstrations BLM were generally in support of George Floyd and racism in general. Today’s initiative was to bring to attention the new laws the Dutch Government want to introduce - that will give additional powers to the police that would further extend their powers in the use of valance. © Charles M Vella/Alamy Live News
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