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Video: Black lives matter: shutdown

"1,562 deaths in police custody in my lifetime. 0 convictions". As Black Lives Matter protesters set up blockades in London, Birmingham and Nottingham, here's their video explaining why it's time for a shutdown.

Black Lives
5 August 2016

We call a nationwide #Shutdown because #BlackLivesMatter, because this is a crisis.

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— #BlackLivesMatterUK (@ukblm) August 4, 2016 Follow their Twitter account here: Tweets by ukblm
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