We Saw Protesters Storm West London Westfield Last Night
Words: Simon Childs
2014
Westfield, West London, was the scene of a rowdy protest yesterday, as activists managed to overpower security and hold a "die in" in the shopping centre. The event was held in protest at the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer involved in the killing of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black American father of six who repeatedly said "I can't breathe" as he was chokeholded to death by NYPD cops.
The die-in was organised by political group the London Black Revolutionaries (or Black Revs), who a fortnight ago held a protest outside the American embassy for murdered teenager Michael Brown. Die-ins are where protesters lie down and play dead to make a statement. There have been a lot of them in the US recently following a string of high profile killings of black people by police.
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