A protestor makes offensive hand gestures during a demonstration in St Pauls; this protest took a particularly violent turn, with participants hurling Molotov cocktails, fireworks, rocks, glass bottles, concrete slabs, and bricks at riot gear-wearing police officers.
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The Black Lives Matter campaign was reignited this year after the killing of two African-Americans. Alton Sterling, a 47-year-old, was pinned to the ground in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by two white officers and shot several times at point blank range. Police were responding to a 911 caller who said a man was threatening someone with a gun outside a convenience store. Separately, Philandro Castile was fatally shot in St Paul, Minnisota, for informing an officer that he was carrying a licensed weapon.
The American law enforcement is being criticised for distrusting African-Americans and targeting them. Support poured in for Black Americans from across the country, and even parts of the United Kingdom.
A protestor makes offensive hand gestures during a demonstration in St Pauls; this protest took a particularly violent turn, with participants hurling Molotov cocktails, fireworks, rocks, glass bottles, concrete slabs, and bricks at riot gear-wearing police officers.
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Protesters from New York City pose with the Ohio police outside the GOP convention in Cleveland. (Image: James West/ Mother Jones)
Protesters march through downtown Phoenix, Arizona, where officers used pepper spray and beanbag guns to keep demonstrators from taking over Interstate 10. (Image: Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)
At the July 7th protest against in Manhattan, New York. (Image: www.thedailyvox.co.za)
A man raises his hands as he walks near an officer on Friday, July 8, 2016. (Image: AP Photo/LM Otero)
Protests in Baton Rouge following the killing of Alton Sterling. (Image: Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
A woman constantly rings the doorbell of the Governor’s Mansion in St. Paul, Minnisota. (Image: Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton apologises and kisses the hand of Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile. (Image: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Marchers block part of the Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minnisota. (Image: Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
Demonstrators protest outside the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters on July 9, 2016. (Image: The Times-Picayune)
A man, who is rumoured to be Alton Sterling’s son, tries to stop protesters from engaging with police on the same day. (Image: AP Photo/Max Becherer)
A man is detained by law enforcement; many protestors were arrested that day. (Image: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)
A man lays on the ground after yelling, “don’t shoot me” at a police during a rally in Dallas, Texas, on July 7, 2016. (Image: Laura Buckman/AFP/Getty Images)
Marchers block part of interstate 94 in St Paul. (Image: Glen Stubbe/AP)
A woman stands resolved against authorities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Image: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)
Facebook HQ: Facebook Puts Up Massive ‘Black Lives Matter’ Banner At HQ Following Dallas Shootings. (Image: Breitbart.com)
On July 7, 2016, five DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) police officers were shot dead by two snipers, who were targeting the law enforcement during a Black Lives Matter protest. Here, a police officer breaks down at the Baylor University Hospital emergency. (Image: Ting Shen/ Intern at The Dallas Morning News via AP)
A Dallas police officer, who did not want to be identified, takes a moment as she guards an intersection in the early morning after a shooting in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. At least two snipers opened fire on police officers during protests in Dallas on Thursday night; some of the officers were killed, police said. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
An officer releases pepper spray on demonstrators blocking I-94 in Falcon Heights, Minn. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
The latest incident is of Charles Kinsey, who was shot in the leg in Miami, Florida. He is a therapist and was attempting to return a child to a facility when he was ordered to lie on the ground. The telling image of him lying on the ground with his hands in the air and the child sitting next to him with a toy truck has gone viral on the internet. (Image: deathandtaxesmag.com)
A protestor holds up a poster in London. (Image: Instagram/sarahakwisombe)
