Czechs hold 'Roma Lives Matter' protest after video shows cops using knee like Derek Chauvin

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Members of the Roma community have long faced discrimination in Eastern Europe.

On Saturday, hundreds of Czech protesters could be seen carrying"Roma Lives Matter" banners and condemning police violence.

Duzda added that the Roma community is often abused by authorities and called police treatment"very, very bad." "We are sorry about the loss of any human life," said local police chief Jaromir Knize, according to the AP."Under the current circumstances I stand behind the officers, but of course, I'm sorry about the death of the person, that's for sure. Nobody wishes anything like that to happen."

 

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