The cabinet minister George Eustice has been accused of “providing shelter to racists” after he failed to condemn Millwall fans who booed players taking a knee and claimed that backing the Black Lives Matter movement was not the same as believing in racial equality. But the BLM movement has a specific and controversial political agenda, as they themselves have declared.”A spokesperson for Black Lives Matter UK said: “Taking a knee is not a political statement or showing support for any political group. In a statement released on Sunday, the club said it was “dismayed and saddened by events which marred Saturday’s game”. Mahlon Romeo, a Millwall player who was on the pitch during the incident, said that he felt disrespected by the incident, saying: “I’m almost lost for words. I don’t know what they thought taking a knee stood for.

Source: The Guardian December 06, 2020 10:02 UTC