Saturday 10 September 2022 02:13 PM BLM protesters shouting 'police are murderers' march down Whitehall to Scotland ... trends now
A large crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters shouted 'police are murderers' as they marched down Whitehall to Scotland Yard as Met Police investigate the 'murder' of an unarmed rapper.
Father-to-be Chris Kaba, 24, was shot dead by armed police on Monday night following a car chase in south London.
An estimated 4,000 to 5,000 demonstrators turned up on Saturday offer their support for Mr Kaba. Attendees say it took around three minutes move from from Parliament Square to Downing Street.
There is nothing to suggest the protesters are acting violent or violating any laws.
The protest came as Mr Kaba's family have demanded the officer involved in the fatal shooting is suspended from the force.
A surgeon who attended Saturday's march for Chris Kaba has said that the event, alongside the death of other young black males, feels like a 'small-scale genocide'.
Samantha Harding, an eye surgeon based in London, said the march for Chris Kaba had been 'quite large', estimating
'I have to say that this indicates quite a strong sense of feeling, and that this march really reflects strong concern from us black Londoners,' she said.
She said that many people in attendance had brought homemade protest signs. Hers read: 'How and why did Chris Kaba die?'
She added: 'I am very worried about young black people in London at the moment. It's impossible, you can just be driving a car and find yourself dead. Is this where we've come to?
'The poor guy who was tasered on Chelsea Bridge, he's another concerning case. What's happening with young black males in the capital?
'It's like a small-scale genocide. We've got to get to the bottom of it - we've got to stop it.'
Chris Kaba, 24, was shot dead by armed police on Monday night following a car chase
A large crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters shouted 'police are murderers' as they marched down Whitehall to Scotland Yard as Met Police investigate the 'murder' of an unarmed rapper
A Black Lives Matter protest is taking place in Whitehall prompted by the police shooting of Chris Kaba
Morgan Williams, 21, said she was attending the Lambeth shooting protest because young black people
