As an organisation and as people we were shocked, sickened and outraged by the vicious killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The horrific video of this brutal killing, carried out by a police officer over 9 minutes and watched by 3 of his colleagues, seemed to epitomise the hurt and pain of the systemic racism that people of colour have to deal with every day. Read more.
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