Anti-racism protests in UK 'subverted by thuggery': Boris Johnson

"People have a right to protest peacefully and while observing social distancing but they have no right to attack the police," said Johnson

The anti-racism demonstrations in the UK are "subverted by thuggery", Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, condemning the attacks on police officers after 'Black Lives Matter' protests held over the custodial killing of George Floyd turned violent and the Covid-19 lockdown was breached by thousands of people for a second consecutive day.

African-American Floyd died in Minneapolis on May 25 after white police officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground and knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes while the 46-year-old handcuffed man gasped for breath.

The footage, which went viral, showed Floyd pleading with the officer,