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Anti-racism protests: Atlanta shooting, statues new focal points
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a new cross-government commission to tackle racism and all other forms of inequality in the UK, in response to the worldwide anti-racism Black Lives Matter protests

Protesters gather at the Lee statue in Richmond for the 5,000 Man March on Friday. Pic/AFP
A makeshift memorial has popped up at a fast-food restaurant where a black man was fatally shot by a white Atlanta police officer, one of the latest deaths of black men that have ignited a new wave of anti-racism protests in the US.
Roughly 150 protesters marched outside the Wendy-s restaurant outside where Brooks was shot, reigniting demonstrations that had largely simmered in the Georgia capital nearly three weeks after George Floyd, another black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee to his neck. Both Rolfe and Brosnan are white. Meanwhile, the rapidly unfolding movement to take down Confederate statues in the US grew over the weekend.


