UK: Black Lives Matter activist in critical condition after shooting
Activist Sasha Johnson was seriously wounded in a shooting in London, her political party has said, adding that she has recieved death threats. British police said there is no evidence so far of a targeted attack.
Thousands of people rallied in Black Lives Matter protests in the UK last year
A British activist who has played a key role in anti-racism protests in Britain is in critical condition after being shot in the head in London, her political party said.
The Taking the Initiative Party said Sasha Johnson was shot on Sunday. They said she previously recieved numerous death threats as a result of her activism.
While the Taking the Initiative party said the incident unfolded after Johnson had received numerous death threats , police said that at this point, there is nothing to suggest that the woman who was shot was the subject of a targeted attack .
They further said that they had seen no evidence to suggest that she had received any credible threats against her prior to this incident .
Meanwhile, a friend of Johnson s has told multiple British outlets that they do not believe the activist was the intended target of the shooting and that it was likely an incident involving rival gangs.
In a statement, Detective Chief Inspector Jimi Tele urged residents to avoid speculation in the wake of the incident.
One of Britain’s most well-known Black Lives Matter activists is fighting for her life in a hospital after being shot in the head at a London house party. Sasha Johnson, 27, became a familiar face as an organizer and speaker at the anti-racism demonstrations that spread from the United States to Britain last summer. The political group she co-founded, the Taking the Initiative Party, said in a statement that Johnson was shot early Sunday.
Black Lives Matter activist in critical condition after shooting in London
By: DW
A British activist who has played a key role in anti-racism protests in Britain is in critical condition after being shot in the head in London, her political party said.
The Taking the Initiative Party said Sasha Johnson was shot on Sunday. They said she previously recieved numerous death threats as a result of her activism.
The recently-founded party said Johnson was a strong, powerful voice for our people and our community. Sasha has always been actively fighting for black people and the injustices that surround the Black community, as well as being both a member of BLM (Black Lives Matter) and a member of Taking the Initiative Party s Executive Leadership Committee, the party said in an Instagram post.
Black Lives Matter Activist Sasha Johnson Shot in the Head, in ‘Critical Condition’
A London-based Black Lives Matter activist, Sasha Johnson, is in “critical condition” after she was shot in the head over the weekend, according to her political party.
“It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson has been brutally attacked and sustained a gunshot wound to her head,” the left-wing Taking the Initiative Party (TTIP), her political party, said in a statement. “She is currently in intensive care and in a critical condition.”
TTIP alleged that she was shot “following numerous death threats as a result of her activism,” and it noted that Johnson, a mother of three children, is “both a member of BLM and a member of Taking the Initiative Party’s Executive Leadership Committee.”