- Title: Hundreds rally for justice for George Floyd in Mexico
- Date: 5th June 2020
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JUNE 4, 2020) (REUTERS) WOMAN LIGHTING A CANDLE IN FRONT U.S EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY SIGN THAT READS (English) "End the war on black people" PEOPLE LIGHTING CANDLE AND SIGN THAT READ (English) "Black lives matter" PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE U.S EMBASSY WOMAN HOLDING LIGHTING CANDLE MAN HOLDING LIGHTING CANDLE AND FLOWERS WOMAN HOLDING SIGN THAT READS (Spanish) "Your fight is my fight" PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE U.S EMBASSY MAN HOLDING SIGN THAT READS (English) "Black lives matter" PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE U.S EMBASSY WOMAN WITH A MEGAPHONE CHANTING (English) "No justice, no peace" (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMONSTRATOR, KATE MASSENGER, SAYING: "(We don't) Need to more people to die to make this a cause. We need more people, who are white, who are Mexicans, who are German, who live across the world to talk about. To say loud, to say George Floyd name, to say every person name. To defunct the police in the United States. To speak up and speak back, and not be scared. And to admit the white privileged that we have, to not loose our own, to not loose to my father." PEOPLE KNEELING MAN HOLDING SIGN THAT READS (English) "Black trans lives matter" WOMAN HOLDING SIGN THAT READS (Spanish) "George Floyd, Giovanni Lopez, Breonna Taylor. Killer state" PEOPLE KNEELING
- Embargoed: 19th June 2020 05:03
- Keywords: Geogre Floyd Mexico Mexico City U.S embassy crime justice police protest vigil
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
- Reuters ID: LVA001CH3F32F
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundred of people gathered on Thursday (June 4) in front U.S embassy in Mexico's capital to hold a candlelight vigil in honour of George Floyd.
In Mexico City, wearing black clothes people laid flowers and placards, and also held a minute's silence.
Anti-racism protests and events have taken place across the world in recent days, in solidarity with U.S. demonstrations sparked by the death in Minneapolis of Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck on May 25.
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