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By Ben Jealous George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings and racist law enforcement practices. Sadly, the killings have not stopped. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was blocked by Senate Republicans last year. The struggle continues in By Ben Jealous George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings and racist law enforcement practices. Sadly, the killings have not stopped. The Geor...

The authors of “His Name Is George Floyd” describe optimism in the face of our history as both a defense mechanism and a means of survival. I am optimistic that we can end unjust police killings.

A new book on George Floyd’s life makes clear that there are systemic problems with policing and racism in our nation. We know how to change that, and make our communities safer.

Rising crime leaves communities feeling unsafe, however, police violence and killings of unarmed civilians demonstrate that pouring more money into more-of-the-same policing is not the answer.

Read later Audio version Summary: The latest report from Tussell highlights that whilst the UK economy is set to shrink, suppliers to government are fairly well protected from the COVID-19 crisis. (Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay ) Suppliers to the public sector experienced a boon in spending during 2020, as a result of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, non-pandemic related contracts did fall significantly in value compared to 2019.  The latest spend data from Tussell, which provides market data on what the government is purchasing, highlights that whil...