Australians turn up for Black Lives Matter rallies

Protesters participate in a Black Lives Matter rally to raise awareness of Aboriginal deaths in custody, in solidarity with those in the US protesting the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Perth, Australia, on June 13, 2020. Picture: AAP IMAGE/Richard Wainwright via REUTERS

“There have been people like my dad and Aunty Mingelly who have been pushing for change since they were my age — you know that was 50 years ago,” Jacinta Taylor, an organiser of the protest in Perth, told the rally. Perth saw the largest gathering of all major Australian cities on Saturday, despite pleas from the premier of Western Australia state, Mark McGowan, to cancel the event until the coronavirus pandemic was over.

those who left South Africa must be really angry* right now. *they didn't cross the oceans to rally for something they ran away from in the first place

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