Photographed for Men’s Health, Patrick Hutchinson, icon of the midsummer BLM protests in London. He and his friends, Chris Otokito, Jamaine Facey, Pierre Noah and Lee Russell, a group of martial arts practitioners and security professionals, attended the demonstration with a shared purpose; to keep the peace. But when Patrick was snapped rescuing a Black Lives Matter counter protester, the white man hoisted over his shoulder in a fireman’s lift, surrounded by a mob, his life changed instantly and irrevocably.
From left to right in the second picture below: Chris, Lee, Pierre, Patrick (standing), Jamaine (seated)
A short version of Paul Wilson’s interview with the five men can be read here. The full interview will feature in the September issue.
