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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London this Sunday, gathering for the second day in a row to condemn police brutality after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, some wearing face masks to protect themselves against the coronavirus with the slogan "Racism is a virus." .

Hundreds of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday in a peaceful but ended demonstration with a small group of people confronting the police near the residence of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

London Police Chief Cressida Dick said 27 policemen were wounded in "shocking and completely unacceptable" assaults during anti-racism marches in central London this week, including 14 on Saturday. Two were seriously injured and an officer who fell off his horse underwent surgery at the hospital .

Both Dick and Health Minister Matt Hancock urged protesters not to meet this Sunday, warning that they are at risk of spreading the coronavirus. But protesters ignored this when heading to the US embassy. Journalists estimated that there were tens of thousands.

An hour later, protesters marched across the river toward Parliament, pausing on the bridge to get down on their knees and chant "Justice, now." Some gathered in Parliament Square, while others concentrated on Downing Street.

"Now is the time: we must do something. We have become so accommodating in the UK, but the racism that killed George Floyd was born in the UK in terms of colonialism and white supremacy," said Hermione Lake, 28, who argued a sign saying "white silence = violence" .

"We need to completely gut the system ... We need massive reform, massive change," he added.

Sunday's protest in London was peaceful, with people clapping, kneeling, waving banners and singing "George Floyd" and "the UK is not innocent" .

Images posted on social media showed anti-racist protesters in Bristol in the west of England cheering as they knocked down a statue of Edward Colston , a 17th-century slave trader.

Police said 29 people were arrested during Saturday's protest in London for crimes such as violent disorder and assault on emergency service workers.

Pauline Nandoo, 60, said she had been protesting racism since the 1970s and that images of violence at the end of Saturday's protest had not deterred her.

"There are children of all ages and older adults here," said Nandoo, who was with her brother and their 13-year-old daughter. "They are going to experience what we have experienced and we have to try to prevent that from happening . "

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