Thousands of people took part in a peaceful protest in Amsterdam against police brutality on Wednesday (June 10).

Protesters held signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and "No justice, no peace."

According to local reports, 10,000 people attended.

The filmer told Newsflare: "Protesters mostly respected the 1,5 meters social distancing rule. Last week a Black Lives Matter protest in Amsterdam's city centre ignited anger among many Dutch, when more than 5,000 people showed up without respecting social distancing rules."

At an anti racism protest visited by 10.000 people in Amsterdam today, demonstrators commemorated the death of George Floyd. The protest was peaceful. Protesters mostly kept the 1,5 meters social distance. Last week a Black Lives Matter protest in Amsterdam's city centre ignited anger with many Dutch, when more than 5000 people showed up without respecting the corona distance rule. Today the Amsterdam mayor, Femke Halsema, had to explain to the city council why she did not end this demonstration when more people showed up than expected. At the demonstration today, visitors chanted for 'black Pete' to be 'kicked out'. Black Pete is the imaginary figure that's part of the Dutch Sinterklaas-tradition, who is considered a racist black face figure by many Dutch immigrants.