Star Wars actor John Boyega has made an emotional speech in London’s Hyde Park over the death of George Floyd. The film star, 28, told fellow demonstrators gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest he was “speaking to you from my heart”.
The British actor referenced two other black Americans who controversially died in the US, as well as the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in London in 1993.
He said: “We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd. “We are a physical representation of our support for Sandra Bland.
We are a physical representation of our support for Trayvon Martin. We are a physical representation of our support for Stephen Lawrence.” He added: “I’m speaking to you from my heart.
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