Crowds gathered outside Corn Exchange on Wednesday evening (16/2) to protest against comedian Jimmy Carr’s comments on the Holocaust and Gypsy communities.
The protest took place at 7pm, while Carr was performing his gig inside the venue.
This comes in the wake of outrage at Carr after he joked that the death of “thousands of Gypsies” had been one of the “positives” of the Holocaust.
The demonstration was organised by Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) Cambridge, and was attended by those within and outside of the Traveller community.
Speakers at the protest called Carr’s jokes “cowardly” and demanded that he “move his humour away from hate.”
Protestors chanted “Jimmy Carr shame on you!” and “Out, out Jimmy Carr!”, while holding posters that said “Genocide is not a subject for mockery” and “Your jokes are not welcome”.
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Esmé Kenney 
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