FIFA’s broadcast cameras appeared to avoid showing this moment, likely due to rules around political gestures and protests.
But today, Lumumba covered his mouth and mimed a gun to his head in a powerful protest against the silence surrounding the conflict in eastern DR Congo.
One of the world’s most active crises has displaced thousands, and he used the World Cup stage to make sure people could not look away.
This is what true influence looks like. 🇨🇩👏
Went to America, blew their life savings, managed one hugely deflected goal against the mighty Haiti, danced around at Baseball games to impress the Yanks and sent on their way home fuming with big Stevie.
Scotland. 👍
Respectfully. This is excessive. The outcome very unfortunate but the punishment does not fit the crime. This is not on officials to determine the match suspension. This was not violent conduct & the challenge was an attempt to play ball. This is too much. #redcard#suspension
How come Declan Rice is supposedly the best midfielder in the world, yet every time you watch him play, he's bang average?
Biggest myth of a footballer ever? The boy Anderson next to him is much better.
Can't believe I missed this.
How the HELL can the BBC justify spending licence fee payers' money on a helicopter to follow a sodding train that Andy Burnham in on?
This is blatant propaganda.
Outrageous.
I don't think people truly understand how insane this is.
A director at JP Morgan. Probably making 300-400k+ a year
This chick, with a level of idiocy to dump out trash for a random painted trash can, was making that much money to do absolutely nothing.
She still threw it all away.
This is what her position does:
A Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) designs and implements strategies to foster a diverse, equitable, and supportive workplace
It's almost unfathomable how insane it is that someone like this is given this much money. This is how upside down society is.
This really upset me. What if this was your nan or relative?!
An elderly woman was trying to get up the stairs and this arrogant POS stood in her way and wouldn’t move!
How hard would it have been for him to move? 😡 Nasty little prick.
This really upset me. What if this was your nan or relative?!
An elderly woman was trying to get up the stairs and this arrogant POS stood in her way and wouldn’t move!
How hard would it have been for him to move? 😡 Nasty little prick.