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sang Over the weekend, thousands of people "Black Lives matter" via the UK - to support at -

she marched angrily on the 25. May.

He died almost 4,000 Miles Away from the United Kingdom in Minnesota, but his death was felt here in our black community.

This is why people like Shayne defied the British government, coronavirus leadership and went on to protest on the weekend.

"We weren't expecting that many people to beat again and again at the protests, it was mad," the 20-Year -old told Radio 1 News.

"The General mood was huge, because you could literally see that everyone was hurt. "

', When one is hurt we all are hurt,'

Shayne says that she and her friends wore military boots at the London protest and were impressed to see many other women dressed like the members of the Black Panther movement.

"There was a lot of black women with their natural hair color," she says.

"We wanted to show that We Are proud of who We Are and to not hide that we have to keep our blackness in order to live. "

Shayne says that Black People in the UK are angry about how their community is treated says of The Police

Shayne, although George Floyd was killed, in the USA, "we know that it happens here as well," cited the case of Mark Duggan.

He is the 29-Year -old was, while The Police in London tried to arrest Him under the is suspected of planning an attack and in possession of a weapon.

His death sparked riots in London, where The Police than White People , and. An investigation of the jury in 2014.

In 2016, ex-Aston Villa footballer of The Police and Tasered in Telford, Shropshire .

due to a Cardiac Arrest , the respiratory status and obstructed during restraint by police officers in the Year 2017.

it was announced last week, a public inquiry into the death in Scotland in the Year 2015.

the protesters in London signs up under your name, and the name of the other Black People who died were, according to the encounters with the British police on the weekend.

"It's just very frustrating, I am very angry and very tired. Constantly hear about Black People aimlessly killed for no reason is draining," Shayne says.

"We have our problems in The Black community, but We Are always United very.

"The prejudice that Black People faced In America , the same prejudices that we face here. If one is hurt We Are all hurt, because it could have been us. to listen "

George Floyd was and cried, "I can't breathe" before he died

In America , protests led to violent clashes between protesters and police.

the Police Officer who was seen with the knee on George Floyd's neck for nine minutes, while his arrest with a fake $ 20 bill was

Eyram Kiakia, the 20 and has a YouTube channel talking about the UK Black Lives Matter movement, she was always excited over the death of George Floyd, the more you learned about his life.

"I watched for a few seconds, if you haven't seen kneeling on his neck, but I could get to the end, I was really upset," she says news beat.

"What annoys me more was watching The Videos of Him as an activist and for Him loudly about certain things in his Church, they disturb me More Than the video of The Police to kill Him . "

Eyram says she has seen racism, since she was in the school

Eyram, people think the UK is more progressive race than America" When it actually".

The UK Home Office has been accused of racism after the Windrush Scandal - said When the Black People came to Britain, were as children, incorrectly, they were here illegally and deported or threatened with deportation.

"the race clearly played a role in what is happening," in What Happened , said earlier this Year .

and the Windrush Scandal Dave have been mentioned by the rapper to defend it during a performance at the Brit Awards after winning album of the Year -caused home Secretary Priti Patel , the clock.

Eyram says racism in the UK, institutionalised, and apparently also in the schools where as a White British pupils and in the workplace.

"There's a lot more hidden things that happened to us and happen to us, like When we say in the school they were to be protected Black People 's hair, or colours, although our white counterparts in their hair to dye any color".

"in the workplace, there are always micro-aggressions. Anyone who has experienced it I know, some kind of ignorant comment is in The Hands of a colleague or even the employer.

"Only because it is so subtle and it's not open, it means that it is not racist. "

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Source of news: bbc.com