23 police officers were injured in the protests for the rights of blacks, held in London. Such data appeared on the website of the city police.
As noted by superintendent of police, Joe Edwards, 23 officers were injured while doing their work and ensuring order during protests over the past days. June 6, 10 injured law enforcement officers, including police officer fell off his horse. During the protests on Saturday were detained 14 people, reports RIA Novosti.
Saturday in the center of London were thousands of people, ignoring the requests of the authorities not to gather, not to cause a sharp rise in coronavirus COVID-19. Earlier, the protesters Black Lives Matter in the British capital threw bottles at mounted police, trying to provoke a conflict.
Earlier in U.S. cities have been protests and a wave of unrest after the death in Minneapolis of the African-American George Floyd. Solidarity rallies are held in the capitals of Europe.
