Citizens are protesting the death of George Floyd by marching and kneeling far outside the borders of the United States, with Saturday demonstrations occurring everywhere from the UK to Australia.
The latest kneeling trend, which some critics have called into question, occurred all over the world in major cities on Saturday.
In Turin, Italy, hundreds could be seen not only kneeling, sitting en masse to protest.
Turin, Italy too! pic.twitter.com/ijg7ElWSfj
— Patrycja Holuk (@patrycjaholuk) June 6, 2020
✊🏼 #BlackLivesMatter #turin #italy pic.twitter.com/JyAPBhQGEr
— Mr.Mojo Risin (@ohmyauerbach) June 6, 2020
Over in the Italian city of Bari, protesters reportedly knelt for a full eight minutes, with some even singing the song ‘One Love’ by Bob Marley.
#BlackLivesMatter
— 4 ! Duh 🦇 (@seungheehaw) June 6, 2020
BLM protest today in Bari, Italy. This was the end, we were kneeling down and singing One Love by Bob Marley. It was peaceful from start to end, and hearing the anger and pain in the voices of the black students who organized it, as they talked about their- pic.twitter.com/5a0vaXluK0
#Manifestazione anti razzista a #Bari: in ginocchio per 8 minuti in ricordo di George Floyd - VIDEO https://t.co/GOtPLXsfSv#GeorgeFloyd #Primopiano pic.twitter.com/9BXGosNHq3
— Borderline24 - Bari (@Borderline_24) June 6, 2020
Hundreds knelt together in England as well.
Protesters kneel. @swindonadver pic.twitter.com/l7aDOWtqN4
— Tom Seaward (@Adver_TSeaward) June 6, 2020
Citizens demonstrated outside the US Embassy in Paris, France too, at one point taking to kneeling and raising their fists. Speakers at the protest not only mentioned Floyd, but also Adam Traore, an African American man who died in the custody of the French police in 2016, sparking protests against police brutality.
🔴Plusieurs centaines de personnes crient « I CAN’T BREATHE » près de l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis à #Paris. #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFlyod pic.twitter.com/9HtMdshzLQ
— Charles Baudry (@CharlesBaudry) June 6, 2020
🔴Les manifestants mettent un genou à terre devant les forces de l’ordre qui bloquent la rue et demandent justice pour George #Floyd et #AdamaTraore. Plusieurs centaines de personnes présentes.#BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Paris #GeorgeFloydProtests pic.twitter.com/IrAC0HuCtp
— Charles Baudry (@CharlesBaudry) June 6, 2020
The police had earlier issued a decree banning the protest in the city, noting that gatherings of more than 10 people in public is still prohibited due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
An even bigger crowd, reportedly in the tens of thousands, also took to the streets of Sydney and Brisbane, Australia to protest.
#TanyaDay 🖕🖕@lynlinking #waggawagga kneeling for #Justice #GeorgeLloyd 'My daddy changed the world,' George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter says, as family pushes for justice 😢😢@POTUSPressPool @Pink @russellcrowe @cnnbrk @slpng_giants Australia kneels for #GeorgeLloyd pic.twitter.com/pmM7vlp6VI
— @kate💖🐝🧚🏿♀️🌷 (@kateju9) June 6, 2020
@Kaepernick7 #Australia #peacefulprotest #kneeling #worldsupport #Kapyouwereright pic.twitter.com/OtVAOyQ4iL
— Sanders Barry (@MManyo83) June 6, 2020
Kneeling has moved beyond just protesters in some nations, with police officers and even politicians joining in on the trend. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knelt on Friday in Ottawa at a demonstration, though he was quickly mocked by Twitter users who brought up an infamous blackface photo from his past.
But Trump said NO KNEELING.
— Victoria Brownworth #NoJusticeNoPeace (@VABVOX) June 5, 2020
Justin Trudeau kneels during anti-racism protest in Ottawa https://t.co/hqsnsXM0qV
@JustinTrudeau kneeling for forgiveness of sporting #BlackFace 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/e4SZEcwkbE
— 🇺🇸 Paige Turner 🇺🇸 (@Soo_Flay) June 6, 2020
Some have criticized the trend of kneeling, especially by government officials and white people.
“I need cops and politicians and white people more broadly to stop kneeling. We don’t need you to kneel. We need you to stand up for real, radical, sustained change,” liberal writer Roxane Gay tweeted on Friday.
I need cops and politicians and white people more broadly to stop kneeling. We don't need you to kneel. We need you to stand up for real, radical, sustained change.
— roxane gay (@rgay) June 5, 2020
Black Trump supporter and pundit David J. Harris Jr. agreed, posting this week that seeing white people kneel over injustices to black communities is “disgusting.”
White Americans kneeling for blacks???
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) June 4, 2020
I'm sorry, this is disgusting!
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