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Jun 2020

Last Updated: 07/06/2020

Harrogate

Silent protest in Harrogate supports Black Lives Matter movement

by Vicky Carr

| 07 Jun, 2020

As protests continue around the world, people from the Harrogate district showed their solidarity with a five-minute silence in the town centre this afternoon.

Members of the community showed their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement this afternoon in Harrogate.

Unlike other protests seen around the world, in Harrogate it took the form of a five-minute silence, maintaining social distancing.

Individuals and families gathered near Harrogate's war memorial at 3pm this afternoon. Once gathered, each took a knee and fell silent for five minutes from 3.15pm. The protest ended with applause at 3.30pm.

Organisers Bill Rigby and Shan Oakes said:

"We, the residents of the Harrogate district, want to express our great sadness at the murder of George Floyd, and our solidarity with black and other oppressed groups in communities worldwide."