Leader of London BLM protests demands meeting with Johnson

[rooster59]

Leader of London BLM protests demands meeting with Johnson

By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden

 

A demonstrator wearing a protective face mask holds a small flag as he attends a Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, in London, Britain June 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A leader of Black Lives Matter protests in London demanded a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday and called on him to replace a political adviser chosen to lead a new commission on racial inequality.

 

"I have been here every day, I am the person that leads 20,000 people every protest," Imarn Ayton, a 29-year-old actress, told Reuters as BLM demonstrators gathered in Hyde Park before their latest march.

 

"Everyone else seems to be in contact with me, except for Boris, so I would like a conversation."

 

Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in British cities, as they have in the United States and around the world, since the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in police custody in Minneapolis last month.

 

Around 2,000 people took part in Saturday's protest in London, a Reuters reporter estimated. Marchers danced and chanted to the beat of drummers as they made their way to Trafalgar Square via parliament.

 

Demonstrators marched in other British cities including Glasgow where police contained and dispersed a crowd believed to include soccer supporters who posed a risk of causing trouble.

 

Ayton said BLM demonstrators would continue to protest until the government met their demands.

 

"It's that simple. We protest or you listen," she said. "We want equality - to be treated fairly - that is all that we ask for, and for justice for those who have been harmed."

 

Ayton said Johnson's choice as chair of the government's new commission on inequality, Munira Mirza, a Downing Street adviser, did not represent the BLM movement and did not believe that Britain had a problem with institutional racism.

 

"Munira Mirza must go. She is someone who does not believe in institutional racism, which is exactly why we marched the last two weeks - to abolish institutional racism," she said.

 

Johnson should act immediately on the recommendations of previous inquiries in Britain into racial inequality, Ayton said, adding that the prime minister had at least heard the voice of the protesters.

 

"I will never know what's in his heart. What I do know is he has responded. So what I want to do is keep that conversation going," she said.

 

Johnson's Downing Street office did not comment on Ayton's demands.

 

There were violent clashes in London last weekend after protests by anti-racism supporters and a group made up of military veterans, soccer fans and far-right supporters who said they wanted to protect statues of historical figures from vandalism.

 

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden; Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Giles Elgood and Frances Kerry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-21

 

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[englishoak]

Thug demands.... 

[evadgib]

How about repairing and replacing Coulson's statue & getting Soros to foot the bill again first?

[smedly]

self appointed big mouth

 

Stand for election if you want to make changes, that's the good thing about living in a democracy, when you get elected then you can have an influence  

[cyril sneer]

40 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

she said. "We want equality - to be treated fairly

no, they want double standards and revenge

[anfh]

It's that simple. We protest or you listen," she said. "We want equality - to be treated fairly - that is all that we ask for, and for justice for those who havebeen harmed."
 

 

isnt that already the situation in UK, how exactly do they want it to change ? Special laws ? Special dispensation ? Etc etc 

[anterian]

They want Munira Mirza replaced because she understands the hypocrisy of BLM 

[uesnyc]

Read their manifesto. It has ZERO to do with black lives. It's to promote Marxism. 

As much as I'd love to strangle the cop in MN with my own bare hands for what he's done, they were WAITING for this, They just needed a nationally televised incident to trigger the movement.

[CorpusChristie]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

"I have been here every day, I am the person that leads 20,000 people every protest," Imarn Ayton, a 29-year-old actress, told Reuters as BLM demonstrators gathered in Hyde Park before their latest march.

 

 

 

Around 2,000 people took part in Saturday's protest in London, a Reuters reporter estimated. Marchers danced and chanted to the beat of drummers as they made their way to Trafalgar Square via parliament.

Quite an exaggeration there

[lupin]

Total number of "people of color" killed by police in the UK for all of 2019 = 1    ... and that was the London bridge terrorist. BLM has zero place in the UK

[CFCjeff]

Go and make me a cup of tea sweetheart,  2 sugars.

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

I would love to see that conversation, but I doubt johnson has the cojones to accept it. 

Or, sadly, to do the right thing and tell her Britain doesn't do deals with terrorists.

[Bluespunk]

1 minute ago, Krataiboy said:

Or, sadly, to do the right thing and tell her Britain doesn't do deals with terrorists.

Oh dear, citizens exercising their democratic right to protest and requesting a conversation with the pm are now terrorists.

 

How much further to the right can the right swing?

[seajae]

hahahahaha, who in the hell does she think she is, delusions of grandeur, she runs the local blm terrorists & she should be thrown in jail for all the <deleted> they have done, making demands, what a joke

[herfiehandbag]

20,000 people eh? Goodness me that is a lot!

 

There again, some 13.9 million people voted for the Tories - and by extension, for Boris Johnson.

 

How many of those 20,000 actually voted for Imarn Ayton?

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"Everyone else seems to be in contact with me, except for Boris, so I would like a conversation."

But what if you are not his type?

[BangkokReady]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in British cities, as they have in the United States and around the world, since the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in police custody in Minneapolis last month.

Absolutely mad.  There can be no true "global" movement as every country is individual and is not connected to others in terms of racial history, make up, crime and policy.  Black people are not treated in the same way in the UK as they are in the US, not by a long shot.

 

Also, this "get rid of her because she doesn't agree with us" mentality is equally bogus.  You can bet that whomever leads an inquiry and whatever their conclusion, will not be accepted unless it agrees with whatever the "BLM" people say.  Which will come down to "give us money and power or we will label you racist and try to destroy you".

 

You cannot use a black man being killed by a single US cop as justification of making demands in the UK.  It is deeply flawed and dangerous.

 

The targeting of statues perfectly demonstrates the issue.  These people saw something racist happen in America, they wanted a piece of the action, so they went out and tried to find anything they could to exercise some power.  All they could find were some statues with links to slavery, so suddenly they were a huge problem and indicative of the terribly racist society in the UK.  Even though almost nobody cared about them two weeks ago.

 

Oppression = power to these people, so they are desperately seeking oppression so that they can get some power.

[transam]

If BJ does, I bet he hides his tele.....????

 

I expect near every single job, or position has been occupied by a non-white in the UK at sometime or another, had music at No.1 in the charts because all UK colours liked it. 

 

Non-white folk are still clambering to enter the UK, and this lot think they are being mistreated...... ????

Just keep them at bay, and deal with the naughty ones.............????

[BangkokReady]

36 minutes ago, seajae said:

hahahahaha, who in the hell does she think she is, delusions of grandeur, she runs the local blm terrorists & she should be thrown in jail for all the <deleted> they have done, making demands, what a joke

These people are insane and have convinced themselves that they are in exactly the same position as some civil rights protesters in America in the 60s.

 

They want change?  I'm not sure how much better we can make it without giving people of colour a "race dividend" of a thousand pounds a month.

 

This isn't America.  There are no cops beating up black people.  We have probably one of the most accountable police services in the world.  There is so much done to help POC in the UK that they probably have it better than most average white people.

 

I have no idea at what point or what they need to have to actually accept that there is no systemic racism.  I suspect that only when POC make up more than 50% of every desirable position in the public, private sector and the media.

 

It's pure fantasy.

[Bob A Kneale]

2 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

she said. "We want equality - to be treated fairly

no, they want double standards and revenge

Revenge for what?  There's nothing that justifies BLM's revenge for anything.  They sure do want double standards, though!

[bodga]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

I am the person that leads 20,000 people every protest,"

Bully for you so  what, voting allows 60+  million to make their  choice.

[Krataiboy]

50 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Oh dear, citizens exercising their democratic right to protest and requesting a conversation with the pm are now terrorists.

 

How much further to the right can the right swing?

And how much more blind can BLM supporters be to how they are being played by a pseudo civil rights organisation which openly advocates violence in the pursuit of its real neo-Marxist revolutionary agenda?

 

A UK citizen's right is to peaceful protest, which is not an invitation to destroy monuments, wreck property and beat up attack police and anyone else brave or foolhardy enough not to share BLM's deranged vision of turning the West into a socialist utopia.

 

Boris should keep his promise, bring all violent protesters to book and ban BLM and their Antifa henchmen from our city's streets. Or would we rather London and other UK cities end up chaotic copies of Seattle's CHAZ, with armed thugs patrolling their barricaded streets?

[Bob A Kneale]

1 hour ago, CorpusChristie said:

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"I have been here every day, I am the person that leads 20,000 people every protest," Imarn Ayton, a 29-year-old actress, told Reuters as BLM demonstrators gathered in Hyde Park before their latest march.

 

 

 

Around 2,000 people took part in Saturday's protest in London, a Reuters reporter estimated. Marchers danced and chanted to the beat of drummers as they made their way to Trafalgar Square via parliament.

Quite an exaggeration there

...and Reuters 2,000 estimate was probably an exaggeration also, knowing Reuters!

[BangkokReady]

3 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

she was marching because she felt that its unfair that Black people get arrested because they are Black and that London would burn unless the Police stop arresting black people because they are  Black .

Yes.  And two recent reports of police simply stopping one couple for acting suspiciously when driving and a woman for having possibly too dark a tint on their window have been labelled as racial profiling.  With newspapers reporting as though a proven fact.

 

These people lie to try and get what they want and pathetic newspapers kowtow to them because they want to show how woke they are or they are scared of being called racist.

 

It seems like people want police to reform to the point where if the suspect is POC they are not permitted to stop them unless they have 100% witnessed them commit a crime.  Sad thing is, this will harm black communities the most.

[BangkokReady]

6 minutes ago, bodga said:

Bully for you so  what, voting allows 60+  million to make their  choice.

That's one of the biggest issues we are facing.  A very noisy and violent minority of thousands getting what they want over a calm and peaceful majority of millions.

 

This is how far-right governments get into power.  Which is probably what they want.  They are all seeking the end of civilisation which will kick-off the Marxist utopia that they are waiting for.

[BangkokReady]

10 minutes ago, twocatsmac said:

Maybe she can help our blind police force clear up a few crimes.

I had it clearly explained to me on Reddit.  Anyone who is violent or destructive isn't actually a BLM protester.  Very convenient.

[Bluespunk]

43 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Would you like Boris to get rid of Cummings and replace him with errrmmmm , I'll just go and see what her name is again , the lady in question

Replace cummings, certainly. Good idea. 

[CorpusChristie]

25 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Yes.  And two recent reports of police simply stopping one couple for acting suspiciously when driving and a woman for having possibly too dark a tint on their window have been labelled as racial profiling. 

Jeeeez, that must have been awkward , a Policeman notices a car with windows too darkly tinted and goes over to the car and asks the driver to wind the windows down .

  *Window goes down*

"What is the problem officer" 

"Its your windows"

"Whats wrong with them"

"Errm ,  they are errrmmm too errmm too dark"

"RACIST"

[Bluespunk]

31 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

And how much more blind can BLM supporters be to how they are being played by a pseudo civil rights organisation which openly advocates violence in the pursuit of its real neo-Marxist revolutionary agenda?

 

A UK citizen's right is to peaceful protest, which is not an invitation to destroy monuments, wreck property and beat up attack police and anyone else brave or foolhardy enough not to share BLM's deranged vision of turning the West into a socialist utopia.

 

Boris should keep his promise, bring all violent protesters to book and ban BLM and their Antifa henchmen from our city's streets. Or would we rather London and other UK cities end up chaotic copies of Seattle's CHAZ, with armed thugs patrolling their barricaded streets?

BLM is a protest group exercising their democratic rights.

 

 Try to dial down the hyperbole. 

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