Month: March 2021
George Floyd trial a test for ‘racist US justice system’ – Black Lives Matter’s Hawk Newsome
We speak to Hawk Newsome, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York. He discusses the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of killing George Floyd, how the trial is a test for a “racist and biased” judicial system, the racist history of the police in the US, the connection between drug use and poverty that …