By Jessica Dortch
AFRO Production Editor
jdortch@afro.com
The untimely and wrongful death of the late George Floyd on May 25 has since caused a global uproar among people of all races and ethnicities. Protests centered around the Black Lives Matter movement have been happening around the world, and some of our AFRO international readers gathered in Hanover, Germany, on June 6, for a peaceful protest against racism and violence.
(l-r) AFRO reader König Gassana, middle, standing with protesters who are also natives of West Africa; A young man holding a sign that reads “Stop killing the mandem.” ; König Gassana kneeling with a sign that reads “#WeCantBreathe enough is enough.” (Photos Courtesy of König Gassana)
“ trying to show the world that we, as Black people, are peaceful, but we are tired of being discriminated against and violated,” said König Gassana who lives in Germany by way of Rwanda.