Black Lives Matter Protests across the Midlands
In Nottingham, tram services have been disrupted after protesters lay on the tracks. Traffic around Birmingham Airport was also brought to a standstill after demonstrations in Birmingham.
VIDEO: Screens go up around Black Lives Matter protesters in Nottingham
Police have put screens up around Black Lives Matter protesters who have been lying on tram tracks in Nottingham.
Black Lives Matter UK are staging what it calls a "shutdown" of roads in Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester and London, to "mourn those who have died in custody and to protest the ongoing racist violence of the police, border enforcement, structural inequalities and the everyday indignity of street racism".
The campaign group said it wanted to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Mark Duggan's death.
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