The global impact of George Floyd’s death, five years later

It’s been five years since George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, sparking one of the largest global protest movements in recent history. From the streets of London to Sydney, his death ignited a reckoning with racism, policing and historical injustice. Statues of slave traders were pulled down in the UK. In Australia, calls for accountability over Indigenous deaths in custody grew louder. Across continents, people demanded systemic change. Half a decade later, the question remains: What, if anything, has truly changed? The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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