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'Gratuitous brutality' of Floyd's death shows 'systemic racism': UN

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Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet criticises the "gratuitous brutality" on display in the killing of George Floyd in the United States, warning that it has "come to symbolise the systemic racism that harms millions of people of African descent". IMAGES

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