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Police arrested several protesters after dozens of 'Black Lives Matter' activists blocked the motorway route into London's Heathrow Airport on Friday, by laying down in the middle of the motorway road.
Protesters locked themselves arm-in-arm in the middle of the motorway road leading to Heathrow, blocking all traffic entering into the airport, while displaying a banner reading "This is a crisis." A long tailback of vehicles built up at the scene, with cars being redirected.
Earlier in the day a group of Black Lives Matter protesters blocked the main road leading to Birmingham Airport while in Nottingham, protesters lay in the middle of the road to block tram lines in the city.
The Black Lives Matter demos are a part of the 'BlackAugust' national day of protests to raise awareness of racism and police brutality, five years after the police killing of Mark Duggan sparked an uprising of protests across the entire nation.