It is believed around a thousand people gathered at Cassiobury Park to show their support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

In Watford, two separate Black Lives Matter demonstrations joined together for a unified and peaceful event to express their solidarity after the death of George Floyd, and hundreds of years of police brutality and racism.

Initially, there were two demonstrations planned – one meeting outside the McDonald’s on High Street, Watford, and another outside the Five Guys an hour after.

But the event organisers decided to collaborate as a march which started from McDonald’s became a mass demonstration from people of all colours expressing the need to tackle racial injustices in the world.

This is part of our coverage attending a major Black Lives Matter protest, which involved myself live-streaming it, interviewing people at the scene and noting what was happening at the time.

During this event, I also interviewed Anthony Joshua, who showed his support.

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