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Protesters gather during a “Black Lives Matter” protest near Barclays Center on May 29, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, in outrage after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while being arrested by a police officer in Minneapolis who pinned him to the ground with his knee. – Demonstrations are being held across the US after George Floyd died in police custody on May 25. (Angela Weiss / AFP)
BARCLAYS CENTRE

Pandemic and protest: The view from New York City

The police brutality protests through the eyes of an African in Brooklyn, New York

  • Jakki Kerubo
9 min read
The makeshift memorial surrounding Cup Foods where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Minneapolis , Minnesota. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
AHMAUD ARBERY

Understanding the violent protests across America

The protests are rooted not in the pandemic, but in centuries of discrimination

  • Pearl Matibe
5 min read