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# Commissioner urges people in Lichfield and Burntwood to use a peaceful but powerful voice in Black Lives Matter protests
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/commissioner-urges-people-in-lichfield-and-burntwood-to-use-a-peaceful-but-powerful-voice-in-black-lives-matter-protests/
- Published: 2020-06-11T14:59:48.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-11T15:00:26.000Z
- Description: People in Lichfield and Burntwood taking part in Black Lives Matter demonstrations are being urged to use a peaceful yet powerful voice.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: News

People in Lichfield and Burntwood taking part in Black Lives Matter demonstrations are being urged to use a peaceful but powerful voice.

Protests have taken place around the globe following the death of George Floyd in the USA.

A demonstration in Lichfield passed off peacefully with hundreds turning out to make their feelings known.

Staffordshire Police Commissioner Matthew Ellis has said people should air their views on the issue.

![Matthew Ellis](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matthew-ellis.jpg)

Matthew Ellis

> “I defy anyone not to be moved beyond outrage by what we saw happening in Minneapolis and it’s right that we express our feelings at the inhumanity it demonstrated.  
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> “The UK has a powerful track record of demonstrating publicly – the cause of genuine equality and an end to discrimination of any sort couldn’t be more important.  
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> ‘The message of the need for continued change here and globally must be the story and I urge everyone who wants to be involved to be peaceful, but with a powerful voice.”  
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> Staffordshire Commissioner Matthew Ellis

Mr Ellis also made a plea for social distancing rules to be followed in all marches and demonstrations.

> “The cause being demonstrated must take centre stage, so I respectfully ask that everyone involved takes care of themselves and of others by following the social distancing that will help protect people from Covid-19 infection.”  
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> Staffordshire Commissioner Matthew Ellis