Scenes in London capture global protests against gender-based violence

One photograph quickly became iconic: a woman in a black mask, Patsy Stevenson, held down by two male police officers on the floor of the Victorian bandstand on London’s Clapham Common.

Stevenson was one of hundreds of people who had gathered Saturday evening (Mar. 13) in a vigil for Sarah Everard, after serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, was charged on Friday with her kidnapping and murder. The vigil turned into an anti-violence protest, and ended with a show of force, captured on video, by the police that leaders across the political spectrum condemned as “upsetting,” “unacceptable,” and “deeply disturbing.”

UK prime minister Boris said he is “deeply concerned” by the footage, and is chairing a meeting of the government’s crime and justice taskforce today (Mar. 15) to discuss better protection for women.

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