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Protests against racism and police violence in the United States in Washington DC on August 28, 2020. Image: keystone
Protest against racism in Washington:
“Enough is enough”
Thousands of people have gathered in Washington to protest against racism. In front of the Lincoln Memorial in the heart of the American capital, protesters on Friday demanded, among other things, an end to police violence against black Americans and real equality for all.
“We are calling for real and lasting structural change,” civil rights activist Martin Luther King III said at the rally. He is the eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr., who, 57 years ago, gave his famous speech in Washington with the words “I have a dream.”
“We have been marching for 60 years”
“We will fulfill this dream,” said African-American civil rights activist Al Sharpton, one of the organizers of the rally. It is dedicated to the anniversary of the then “March on Washington” and is marked by recent cases of police violence that had caused outrage in the United States.
In particular, that was George Floyd’s death. He died while being arrested after a police officer held his knee to Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. On the weekend alone, seven shots in the back of black Jacob Blake during a police operation sparked further protests.
Sharpton referred to Floyd’s death when he appeared: “We could be as successful as the others. But the company kept their knee on our neck. “But now you say,” Enough is enough. “
“I’m tired of demanding justice,” activist Frank Nitty told the meeting. “We have been marching for 60 years with the same demands. Black people still shouldn’t take to the streets for the same thing as Martin Luther King. “(Sda / dpa)
