June 9, 2020
Men in vintage US WWII uniforms stand behind flowers left at Les Braves monument after a D-Day 76th anniversary ceremony in Normandy, northern France. Inset: D-Day veteran Charles Norman Shay from Maine, salutes after laying a wreath.
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PETER YOUNG: A sickening cycle which can never be broken by turning to violence
Most people will be thoroughly familiar by now with the circumstances of the death two weeks ago of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis and its violent aftermath. But it is hard to refrain from commenting on this and the subsequent protests both in the US and around the world. The killing of an unarmed and handcuffed Afro-American man already in police custody, with the sickeningly graphic video footage for all to watch, has triggered revulsion around the world.
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