A politics student has planned a peaceful protest to take place for Black Lives Matter.

Zahra Seedat from Blackburn has organised the peaceful support protest to take place on June 15 outside the town hall at 1pm.

The politics student maintained the protest would not be violent in any way and calls on those attending to be mindful.

She said: “With the whole movement I really felt like it is something this generation should not have to deal with in this day and age.

“There are so few people in Blackburn who understand and because many think this is only a city problem.

“They do not get what we mean. So, I felt it was important to show people what it is about and why we need to have one goal.”

Miss Seedat is working with Youth Unlimited to organise the protest in a way that will not cause any riots or concerns to public safety.

She said: “We thought about the best way and also informed the police of the protest plan.”

There has been a huge reaction on social media for the protest, with some people not happy with the plans.

Miss Seedat said: There are people asking me why I didn’t organise protests for other people such as Aya Hachem, but this is completely missing the point.

“This protest will aim to educate people and help them understand why we are doing it.

“There is always someone who may try to sabotage it, but we have informed the police.”

People will wear masks and stand 2 metres apart.

The protest will also stay in one place as opposed to marching like others have done, to prevent it becoming disorderly.

There will be music and poetry as well as an open mic for people to share their thoughts.

Miss Seedat said: “For me, as a politics student it is hard to ignore that people here are dismissing it and saying we do not have any of those racial issues.

“We do not think we do, but we do.

“We have to use our voices to amplify those in the Black community.”

“The more we do this, the more people will understand.”

This is one of many protests which have already taken place in East Lancashire over the last few weeks as the Black Lives Matter movement takes hold in the wake of the death of George Floyd.