Major protests against racism are expected in Washington

The demonstration is being organized on the day 57 years after civil rights activist Martin Luther King gave his historic speech "I have a dream". But the protests are said to be fueled by anger over the police's violence against blacks. The demonstration has been named "Get your knee off our necks", which refers to how George Floyd was strangled to death during a police intervention earlier this year.

Floyd's death was the starting point for widespread protests against police violence and racism in the United States and the rest of the world. And recently, many people have taken to the streets since 29-year-old Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back during a police intervention in Wisconsin.

Among other things, the families of Jacob Blake and George Floyd will speak in Washington.

The demonstration will be held in Washington DC, where President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday gave a hard speech on law and order. Nearly a thousand people have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, according to the news agency AP.

Among other things, Martin Luther King III is on site, the son of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, reports CNN. He tells the news channel what today's demonstration had meant to his father. He says, among other things, that his father had been proud of the people who have gathered today and who are fighting for justice. Martin Luther King III also says that his father had been sad about where society is today.

-I hope for justice. I have come to take the message back home, says a 47-year-old black woman who just wants to say that her name is Gardner and she is from Cincinnati, on arrival in the capital.