Back in June we saw cities around the world take part in protests in support of Black Lives Matter and the anti-racism movement , a movement reignited by the tragic killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a police officer in Minnesota, USA. The show of solidarity amongst communities was huge, but it’s just the beginning; there’s so much more work to be done in the fight against racial injustice, as proven by the events on Sunday 23 August in Wisconsin, USA, where a 29-year-old unarmed black man identified as Jacob Blake was shot in the back several times at close range by a police officer.
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I woke on Tuesday at 4am and could hardly breathe. I was sweating (and, post-menopausal that I am, I never sweat) and racked with worry. I grabbed my hair, put my head in my hands, and said out loud, ‘What am I doing? What was I thinking?’