About 150 people demonstrated this afternoon in Amsterdam’s Dam Square against police violence. The immediate reason for Black Lives Matter protest was ongoing police brutality in the United States. But attention was also drawn to the Dutch victims, including Mitch Henriquez from The Hague.
Founder Anna called on Saturday for the demonstration. ,, With social media, I saw everyone pretty easy to give his opinion, but I felt I had to come off the bench. And I’m glad that so many people find, ” says Anna.
pamphlets’ Do not Shoot, I Am “on back and chest showed protesters solidarity with African Americans. They stood silent for minutes in a circle and there were speeches. ,, I have a tan but living happily in Amsterdam. If I had lived in America, my life was very different seen. This must stop, ” says Anna.
Wake shaken
But also in the Netherlands brewing, experiences Wendy Rechards who spontaneously joined the initiative. ,, What happened in Dallas should of course not, but I hope everyone is shaken. Here too, ” she says. Rechards makes it even more often that they are discriminated against. Most recently in a toy store. ,, There Runs all the time a salesperson at less than a meter behind me because he thinks I’m going to steal something. I hope that everyone will open your eyes. For who has no dark friends, has no idea what’s going on. ”
In many American cities today protested earlier this week after two black men were shot by the police. Dallas shot a black American veteran this week five policemen died during such a demonstration. Seven others were injured.
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