New photos show lead-up to moment Patrick Hutchinson rescued injured white man

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New pics showing what happened before man had to be saved by Patrick Hutchinson during BLM protest
Picture: SWNS, Reuters New pics showing what happened before man had to be saved by Patrick Hutchinson during BLM protest

New images have cast light on the altercation at Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protests that led black activist Patrick Hutchinson to step in and rescue an injured white man. The man appeared to be surrounded in a tense confrontation outside the Southbank Centre in London, in which some protesters tried to attack him while others tried to defuse the situation. Mr Hutchinson, a personal trainer, previously said he first became involved when he saw an altercation at the stop of a staircase by the centre. In an interview he said he scooped the man into a fireman’s lift to carry him to police because the situation ‘wasn’t going to end well’. His friend Pierre Noah, a bodyguard and martial arts coach from Croydon, said people were ‘going to beat him up and stamp on him’. Mr Hutchinson said Mr Noah and three other friends stepped in to create a barrier around the man.

Pictures of the man being confronted at locations away from the staircase suggest the altercation had started some time earlier and that other protesters had repeatedly tried to prevent it from escalating. One protester appeared to try and stub a lit cigarette butt on the man’s head, while another may have slapped him. Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
The man was alone when he was confronted by protesters by the Southbank Centre (Picture: SWN

Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
He appeared to have been hit on separate occasions (Picture: SWNS)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 13: A man appears to be trying to put a cigarette on the head of a counter-protester, who was later rescued by BLM supporter Patrick Hutchinson, on June 13, 2020 in London, England. A number of anti-racism protesters have gathered for protests in the UK despite the cancellation of the official events due to fears of clashes with far-right groups. Following a social media post by the far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson, members of far-right linked groups have gathered around statues in London, which have been targeted by Black Lives Matter protesters for their links to racism and the slave trade. (Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images)
A man appeared to lean in to stub a lit cigarette out on the man’s crown (Picture: Getty Images)
Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
protesters appeared to try to defuse the situation before a large crowd gathered (Picture: SWNS)
Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
He was confronted on the plaza by the centre as well as a nearby staircase (Picture: SWNS)
Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
At one moment a protester appeared to try to help him up while another kicked him in the back (Picture: SWNS
Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
The crowd around the man had grown significantly by the time Mr Hutchinson and his friends stepped in (Picture: SWNS)
Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
He was eventually lifted to safety as his rescuers thought he could be severely injured (Picture: SWNS)
Dramatic photos reveal the melee during the Black Lives Matter protest which led to Patrick Hutchinson and a group of fellow demonstrators saving a white man from the far right racist counter protest after he got into trouble, Waterloo Station, London 13 June 2020. See SWNS story SWORhero
Others appeared to help lift him onto Mr Hutchinson’s shoulders (Picture: SWNS)

He also ended up on the ground on another occasion where one protester appeared to try and help him up while another appeared to kick him in the back. Mr Hutchinson and his friends, affiliated with protection group Ark Security, said they attended the protest to watch over young Black Lives Matter activists. The grandfather added: ‘I could actually feel strikes and hits as I was carrying him, so these guys were probably taking some of that themselves on their person.’ He said he believed George Floyd would still be alive today if the colleagues of the policeman who knelt on his neck during custody had taken the same attitude as his friends. Boris Johnson’s chief spokesperson commended Mr Hutchinson’s bravery today, adding: ‘The images are very moving. Nobody should have to face vile racism and abuse. ‘I think Patrick Hutchinson’s instincts in that moment represent the best of us.’

Source:metro.co.uk/