#BlackLivesMatter Protesters have blocked major transport routes leading to Heathrow airport as part of their nationwide shut down.
Some demonstrators were pictured lying on the floor on the road in chains beneath long banners with inscriptions such as “This is crisis”, “# Shutdown”.
The protesters also shut down tram lines in Nottingham. The are also reports of protests on the A45 near Birmingham Airport.
See tweets and photos below:
twitter.com/MayaAnneEvans/status/761443206970089472/photo/1
Birmingham #Shutdown #UKBLM stop systemic racism, police violence, end borders pic.twitter.com/XDrKZHOTvS
— Maya Evans (@MayaAnneEvans) August 5, 2016
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Birmingham standing up for our rights, stop racism, no borders, #Shutdown #BLMUK pic.twitter.com/oDRPbBgIQU
— Maya Evans (@MayaAnneEvans) August 5, 2016
Solidarity with those disrupted by systemic racism & violence, Birmingham #Shutdown pic.twitter.com/D8kJdqvT8B
— Maya Evans (@MayaAnneEvans) August 5, 2016
Solidarity with those disrupted by systemic racism & violence, Birmingham #Shutdown pic.twitter.com/D8kJdqvT8B
— Maya Evans (@MayaAnneEvans) August 5, 2016
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Full #Shutdown in London. Motorway closed. Police have made at least 4 arrests pic.twitter.com/QyA7COd46p
— #BlackLivesMatterUK (@ukblm) August 5, 2016
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