Boris Johnson moved to ease tensions over police handling of a vigil to support a woman who was murdered in London, after a second day of protests that drew hundreds of people into the street despite the coronavirus lockdown.
The U.K. prime minister’s effort is a response to controversy over the death of 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard, who disappeared on March 3 while walking through a park at night in south London.
An off-duty police officer was eventually charged with her abduction and murder. Anger over the crime was amplified by images of male officers pinning down female demonstrators at a Saturday event meant to draw attention to violence against women.