Hollywood star says speaking out could negatively impact his career, but «this is very vital. Black lives have always mattered.»
Actor and producer John Boyega addressed a crowd of thousands of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in London’s Hyde Park on Wednesday, telling them he was speaking out even though it might negatively affect his career.
«This is very important,» he said. «This is very vital. Black lives have always mattered. We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded regardless. And now is the time. I ain’t waiting.»
It was the second large Black Lives Matter protest to take place in London in under a week, after thousands marched through the capital on Sunday in response to the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. While they chanted Floyd’s name, they also focused on injustices in Britain.
«The U. K. is not innocent,» demonstrators shouted, highlighting the recent case of Belly Mujinga, a train worker who died of the coronavirus after being spit on by a white man claiming to have the disease. Police in Britain recently closed the case without filing any charges.
