Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a knee during an anti-racism demonstration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Friday.

Trudeau, wearing a face mask, joined other protesters kneeling for the symbolic period of 8 minutes and 46 seconds ― the amount of time a white police officer pressed his knee into the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis last week.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a knee during an anti-racism protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

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Some protesters reportedly urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stand up to President Donald Trump's violent rhetoric about demonstrators.

Some protesters urged Trudeau to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric about demonstrators, the Canadian Press reported.