As the world trembles over the inhumane treatment perpetrated by a US Police officer against a black man, Liberians protest at the US embassy near Monrovia in solidarity of the late George Floyd.
The protesters were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions speaking against attacks against the black race in America.
Speaking in an interview with OK FM Thursday in Monrovia via the internet, the head of the group, Foday Sheriff said the intent of their peaceful gathering was to draw the United States Government attention through its embassy near Monrovia concerning the way in which a black-man was manhandled by a white police officer which led to his death.
He further called on the United States government to ensure that Liberian citizens living in the U.S are protected from Police brutality and racial discrimination.
police and protesters clashed for a second night in the US city of Minneapolis after an unarmed black man died in police custody.
Tear gas was fired by police, while protesters threw rocks and sprayed graffiti. Businesses were also looted.
George Floyd, 46, died on Monday and video showed him gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck.
There have also been protests in Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California, and Memphis, Tennessee.
According to CNN, George Floyd moved to Minnesota “to be his best self,” as one friend put it.
He worked security at a restaurant, where he developed a reputation as someone who had your back and was there for you when you were down.
“Knowing my brother is to love my brother,” Philonise Floyd, George’s brother, told CNN’s Don Lemon Tuesday.
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