Hundreds rally in support of US anti racist protests

Hundreds of people have rallied in Prague for the second straight Saturday in support of the protests in the United States against police violence and racism.

In a noisy but peaceful rally amid occasional showers, the protesters were marching through the Little Quarter picturesque district of the Czech capital, chanting slogans such as "Black Lives Matter," "No Justice No Peace" and "No Trump, No KKK, No fascist U.S.A."

At the end, they observed a minute of silence in front of the U.S. Embassy.The protesters, many in face masks, condemned all forms of racism in the U.S., the Czech Republic and elsewhere in the world. They demanded an independent investigation of police actions during the protests in the U.S.The peaceful rally was organized by an informal group of Americans living in Prague together with several mostly leftist Czech groups.

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