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Anonymous ID: 7a5a65 May 24, 2021, 9:15 a.m. No.13742951   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2982 >>2983 >>2991 >>2997

British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson critically injured after London shooting

 

LONDON — A British Black Lives Matter activist is fighting for her life after being shot in the head during the early hours of Sunday morning. Sasha Johnson, a 27-year-old mother, is in critical condition after the incident, which comes amid “numerous death threats,” according to a statement from the political party she is affiliated with.

 

Police did not name Johnson but confirmed a woman was shot in the London borough of Southwark at around 3 a.m. Sunday “in the vicinity of a house where a party was taking place.” She was taken to a nearby hospital. Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

 

Britain’s Taking the Initiative party announced during the weekend that “our own Sasha Johnson has sustained a gunshot wound to her head.” Describing Johnson as a “strong, powerful voice,” the group said she was known for “actively fighting for black people and the injustices that surround the black community.”

 

The party, which was founded last year and seeks to represent Black people and those from a working-class background, said Johnson had received several death threats before the attack. London’s Metropolitan Police Service, however, said that at present “there is nothing to suggest” the shooting in south London was targeted and linked to her activism.

 

“This was a shocking incident that has left a young woman with very serious injuries. Our thoughts are with her family who are being provided with support at this terribly difficult time,” Detective Chief Inspector Jimi Tele said.

 

Speaking to the BBC on Monday, Johnson’s friend Imarn Ayton, said she did not think the activist was the intended target, saying she believed instead that the incident was linked to a disagreement between “rival gangs.”

 

Labour lawmaker David Lammy described the shooting as “gut-wrenching,” while Claudia Webbe, also a Labour MP, said “all women should be safe on our streets.”

 

The official Twitter account of Black Lives Matter U.K. said it was shocked by the shooting of “a young mother and fearless political campaigner,” adding she was a prominent figure who had been at the forefront of marches last year as many more took to social media to offer their well wishes, using the hashtag #prayforsashajohnson.

 

Johnson helped organize a string of protests across Britain last summer and had been recorded speaking to crowds in the streets while wearing a stab-proof vest and camouflage print trousers.

 

She also helped organize the Million People March, which took place in London in August last year to protest systemic racism on British soil — despite police warnings against mass gatherings during the coronavirus outbreak.

 

“As a people, we’re not going to stop until we have equal rights and justice,” Johnson said at the time, adding that she hoped the movement would “empower the community to strive for better.”

 

Speaking to British media, Johnson told the MailOnline that she was calling for a “racial offenders register” that would see those guilty of “microaggressions” banned from living in multicultural communities and prevented from working in certain industries.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/24/black-lives-matter-sasha-johnson-shot/

Anonymous ID: 7a5a65 May 24, 2021, 9:58 a.m. No.13743229   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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The body of a missing man was found inside a papier-mâché dinosaur statue in a suburb of Barcelona, Spanish police reported, according to BBC News.

 

Police said a father and son noticed a smell coming from the Stegosaurus figure on display in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, and called police after the father saw the body through a crack in the dinosaur's hollow leg.

 

They called the authorities, who have identified the corpse as a 39-year-old man who was reported missing by is family.

 

Firefighters responded to the scene to cut open the dinosaur leg and remove the body.

 

While police have not confirmed how he got inside, local media reports that the man dropped his phone inside the statue and was trying to retrieve it, BBC News reports. He fell inside, hanging upside down, and was able to call for help. However, police have not confirmed how the man got inside the dinosaur.

 

Police are awaiting the results of the autopsy to find out the cause of death.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/body-of-missing-man-found-inside-dinosaur-statue-in-spain/