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Scots MP gives backing to Black Lives Matter protest movement

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Stirling MP Alyn Smith voiced his support for the Black Lives Matter movement this week after hundreds of constituents contacted him to express shock at the death of a black man in Minneapolis as a police officer knelt on his neck.There have been widespread protests in the US following 46-year-old George Floyd’s death from asphyxiation and President Trump has been criticised for his handling of unrest at home and abroad.Mr Smith, the SNP’s foreign affairs spokesperson, wrote to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday, pointing to the President’s threats to use military force against demonstrators, and called on Mr Raab to hold the President to account.Mr Smith said: “The death of George Floyd has shocked America, and the world..

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