Hundreds gather in Brixton at Black Lives Matter protest in memory of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

Amy Ashenden9 July 2016

Hundreds of protestors gathered in Brixton today, in memory of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile who were killed by police in the US earlier this week.

The vigil in south London this afternoon saw hundreds of protesters gather in Windrush Square, holding banners with the hashtag ‘Black Lives Matter’.

Brixton Road was partially blocked as demonstrators marched to Brixton police station, chanting ‘no justice, no peace’ and ‘hands up, don’t shoot’.

Organised by the Black London Revolutionaries group, the protest began around 4pm in Windrush Square, before marching towards Brixton police station.

Several hundred protestors attended in one of a series of demonstrations planned to take place across the UK, following the deaths of black men Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, whose deaths were filmed on mobile phones and footage was widely circulated online.

The protest follows a demonstration in Oxford Street yesterday, which sought to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the US.

Since the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were killed following altercations with police officers in the US earlier this week, stars Beyonce and Drake have written open letters calling for an end to ‘this plague of injustice in our communities’.

Another protest is expected to take place in London on Sunday, beginning in Oxford Circus at 10am.

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