![]() ![]() In October 2020 the Guardian reported that over a 5-month period since the death of George Floyd, there have been almost a thousand recorded incidences of police brutality specifically directed to anti-racism demonstrations. ![]() In the US, the evidence of police brutality since the killing of George Floyd’s is startling. In Ireland, for example, peaceful demonstrations took place in Galway, Limerick, Belfast and outside the US Embassy in Dublin, in support of #BlackLivesMatter. Some demonstrations have included incidences of violence and looting, however, the majority of the protests throughout the world and including in the US have been peaceful. These 2 incidences of racial profiling (along with many more) came just weeks after a 25-year old black man Ahmaud Arbery, was killed while out jogging by 2 white men, one of who was a former police detective.įollowing Floyd’s death a wave of protests and demonstrations took place across the US, which quickly spread throughout the world, exposing the global, systematic nature of police racism and violence. Six weeks before Floyd’s killing, police in Louisville, Kentucky fatally shot Breonna Taylor, a 26 year old black woman during a ‘midnight’ raid in her home. ![]() On May 25 th this year, the violent and fatal arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by Minneapolis police in the US heightened deep-rooted racial tensions. ![]()
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