THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS JOIN SYDNEY BLACK LIVES MATTER MARCH

Sydney: More than 3000 protesters marched through the Sydney CBD in solidarity with the United States’ African American population and to highlight injustices faced by Indigenous Australians.

The large ‘Black Lives

Matter’ rally first moved down Macquarie Street from Hyde Park to NSW state parliament before gathering in Martin Place while chanting messages of justice over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

NSW Police officers were deployed in force to direct the crowds, including mounted officers, and were forced to form a line to protect protesters from Sydney’s light rail track on George Street while the transport service continued to run.

The protest proceeded despite some organisers cancelling it last night for fear of conflict with counter protesters.