• Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched through Peckham yesterday
• Demonstrators could be seen holding placards saying ‘The UK is not innocent’
• Protests come after demonstrations over the death of a black man, George Floyd

Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets of London on Saturday and promised more demonstrations across the UK today after the death of George Floyd in America. 

Footage showed white police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on unarmed Floyd’s neck earlier this week. Floyd passed out and later died. 

Activists took to the streets in Floyd’s home state Minneapolis – and across the US – to protest what they feel is a systemic problem with police brutality against African-American men.

Yesterday, Britons took to the streets of London with some shouting: ‘The UK is not innocent’. 

In Peckham, London, buses and cars were forced to a standstill on Saturday afternoon when hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters furious at the Floyd’s slaying marched along the main road. 

Yesterday’s protests were a precursor to a series of demonstrations planned for the next week across Britain by the BLM movement, which will target Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow, as well as London.  

Videos posted on social media show groups shouting ‘no justice, no peace’ and ‘stop killing the mandem [friends]’ as they marched and congregated in the south-east London district. 

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