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		</div><p>Racial justice protesters in England have marched from Nelson Mandela’s statue in London&#8217;s Parliament Square to Downing Street.</p>
<p>They had earlier gathered in Parliament Square to commemorate the life of George Floyd.</p>
<p>Mr Floyd died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes.</p>
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<p>Mr Floyd’s death at the age of 46 has inspired worldwide demonstrations over racial injustice and mourners gathered in Westminster to observe a minute’s silence on their knees in his memory.</p>
<p>Around 50 activists, some carrying “Black Lives Matter” signs, chanted “we want Boris” and “justice for Windrush” at the gates to Number 10.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in England, around 200 protesters gathered outside Oriel College, University of Oxford, for an anti-racism demonstration against a statue of the imperialist Cecil Rhodes.</p>
<p>The demonstration has been organised by the Rhodes Must Fall Oxford campaign group as one of several nationwide anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in US police custody.</p>
<p>Organisers placed chalk crosses on the floors in either side of the street outside the entrance to the college, to enforce social distancing.</p>
<p>Ndjodi Ndeunyema, a law student and one of the organisers of today’s demonstration, told the PA news agency: “This is to express solidarity with Black Lives Matter around the world, particularly in the US and the recent happenings there.”</p>
<p>He added the protest was a response to a global conversation about problematic symbolism, “particularly statues that celebrate people who are not worthy of celebration”.</p>
<p>They silently sat down to mark the death of Mr Floyd and afterwards they chanted “take it down” below the statue of Mr Rhodes.</p>
<p>The protest took up a large amount of Oxford high street outside of Oriel College, with demonstrators holding up their fists and remaining silent for eight minutes, 46 seconds in memory of Mr Floyd.</p>
<p>A police helicopter was overhead and several police officers were at the demonstration, including two officers on the steps of the college.</p>
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