A Black Lives Matter protester has reportedly been injured after a police horse bolted through the crowds as projectiles were hurled.
The officer on the horse was also knocked off during the demonstration in central London as emotions became heightened with people gathered to show solidarity with George Floyd.
One shocking image shows a police officer laying flat on the ground, while other pictures appear to show the horses agitated by the swarms of people gathered.
Mark White, Sky News Home Affairs correspondent, speaking from the scene described how there had been "a very serious escalation of disorder" in Whitehall, outside Downing Street.
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