‘His Life Was Under Threat'...Hero Saves Rival Protester

A black Lives Matter protester has been hailed a hero after saving the life of a suspected rival as bloodshed returned to the streets.

- David Pilditch

Dramatic images show Patrick Hutchinson hauling the bloodied stranger over his shoulder and carrying him to safety near London’s Waterloo Station.

Patrick, an athletics coach and personal trainer, said: “I just thought, ‘If he stays here he’s not going to make it.’

“I scooped him up, put him on my shoulders and started marching towards the police.”

His intervention came during the second weekend of protests across the UK. In the capital on Saturday there were 113 arrests after football hooligans and far-Right extremists mounted a counter-protest to a Black Lives Matter demo.

Patrick, a father and grandfather from Wandsworth, south London, said: “I know nothing about the man I saved. I think he was partially conscious. It was a scary moment but you don’t think about that at the time – you just do what you’ve got to do. The guy was already on the floor. It was pretty hectic. It was almost like a stampede...

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“All the guys were surrounding me and protecting me and the guy on my shoulder. I could actually feel strikes and hits as I was carrying him.”

Patrick also said he thought about the three US police officers who stood by while their white colleague Derek Chauvin was kneeling on the neck of George Floyd.

The African-American’s death in Minneapolis sparked the protests being held around the world.