All those horrified at 🇺🇸scene of a black man #GeorgeFloyd dying as he struggled to breathe whilst being knelt on by police officer, should also remember #ShekuBayoh who said “I can’t breathe” whilst being held down by officers, until he died in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 3May 2015
After 5 years of struggle his family were told that not one of the police officers would face justice, not a single charge- We now prepare for a public inquiry into Sheku’s death in police custody google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.…
What makes Sheku’s family angry is not just state racism but our blindness to what takes place on our own doorstep, families are left to fight on their own, as their loved ones are criminalised & stereotyped in their death, thus justifying their death google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.…
Before the usual trolls start, yes there were reports of a black man carrying a knife, but the report in the aftermath of Sheku’s death of him attacking officers with a knife were lies, nor did he have one when the police arrived +!he was attacked first thenational.scot/news/18041730.…
His family have always said, if he broke the law the police had the right to use force but it had to be reasonable, legitimate & proportionate
RIP #GeorgeFloyd 🙏✊🏾
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