CAPITAL'S COP KILLING MARCH
Black Lives Matter protest staged in London following US cop shootings
Hundreds of Londoners protest at the police shootings of two black men in America
HUNDREDS of people joined a Black Lives Matter march in central London tonight in protest at the shooting of two black men in America.
People paraded through the capital after Alton Sterling, 37, was shot on Tuesday as he was held down by two white police officers and Philando Castile, 32, was shot by a cop just a day later.
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Large crowds of people met at the Southbank early this evening before they marched through busy streets in central London in the first of a series of UK demonstrations.
It comes the day after a similar Black Lives Matter demo in Dallas descended into horror when police officers were targeted by a sniper.
Five officers were killed and seven injured in the bloodshed.
Tonight’s protest in London is the first of three planned in the capital with another scheduled in Oxford Circus on Sunday before a further protest in Southwark Park next month.
Video taken tonight shows protesters chanting 'black lives matter' and 'hands up, don’t shoot'.
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In the UK there are four more Black Lives Matter protests planned across the country, including one at Birmingham’s Bullring tomorrow and another in Manchester’s Alexandra Park on Monday, July 11.
Sniper Micah Johnson, 25, was killed by a robot bomb while holed up at the El Centro College after five police officers were gunned down in the street in an ambush style attack in Dallas.
One of the first pictures to emerge of the shooter appears to show him giving a black power salute.
Johnson, from Mesquite, claimed to have been acting alone despite initial police reports saying four gunmen were involved in the massacre – the worst attack against US police since 9/11.
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Dallas Police Chief David Brown has confirmed investigators are now working on the theory the shooting was a lone-wolf attack.
An organiser told The Voice newspaper the British marches would hopefully reflect the UK standing in solidarity with the US.
She said: “By these people coming here to stand and unite, they are showing that they are against police brutality and that’s the most important thing.
“I think people forget that racism is a worldwide thing.
“It’s still very prevalent.
“This is ultimately a cry for help. "
"Sometimes people just focus on the now.
“It creates a buzz now, but in time you’ll forget it.
“We’re going to keep showing our support."
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