Gary Younge

Gary Younge is professor of sociology at the University of Manchester.

Out Hunting: In Baltimore

Gary Younge, 29 July 2021

When​ Black Lives Matter demonstrations erupted across the United States and then the world last year, their target was not Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd. Floyd’s murder resonated so widely because Chauvin’s brutality signified something deeper and more pervasive. The video footage of Floyd’s death offered evidence of both an...

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