Derek Chauvin: guilty. Decades when nothing happens..
On Tuesday Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the racist murder of George Floyd. It is the start not the end of a process. It’s worth reflecting that in Britain no police officer has ever been prosecuted for a similar matter, even though deaths of black people in custody continue. The issue of institutional racism cannot be swept under the carpet whatever the Sewell report says.
On the same day the football European Super League imploded after player and fan protests.
On a less significant scale, Ed Smith was replaced as the England cricket selector and the Downing St press room, on which millions were wasted, was scrapped.
As Lenin noted, there are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen.
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