BLACK LIVES MATTER
Over the past three weeks people across the US have already protesting over the death of George Floyd an unarmed black man in police custody. Since then the Black Lives Matter movement has come to life again throughout many countries with protesters taking to the streets demanding an end to police brutality and racism
In Dunedin hundreds of people gathered at the Otago Museum reserve to show solidarity with the movement They marched down George Street to the Octagon where a rally was held
The Auckland march which started at Aotea Square, headed down Queen St and ended at the US consulate where protesters took a knee and observed a minute of silence for George Floyd
Members of the Ethiopian and Somalian communities addressed the crowd on the Black Lives matter movement along with social justice campaigner Julia Whaipooti who talked about the use of armed police in predominantly Māori and Pasifika areas
For many of us this is not a new moment in time not a hashtag
