15 Jun 2020

‘I’m hoping that the legacy will be some real genuine change for the future’ – Patrick Hutchinson

It was an image that went viral across the world: personal trainer Patrick Hutchinson and fellow Black Lives Matter protesters carrying an injured white counter-demonstrator to safety during violent clashes in London on Saturday.

It was an image that went viral across the world: personal trainer Patrick Hutchinson and fellow Black Lives Matter protesters carrying an injured white counter-demonstrator to safety during violent clashes in London on Saturday.

He spoke to Channel 4 News exclusively yesterday, playing down being labelled a “hero”.

Today we spoke again to Patrick and his friends who were with him at the demo and I started by asking Patrick what real action to improve policing here in the UK would look like.