Police brutality can come to an end if Executive acts

The killing of George Floyd has struck a unique chord among all decent human beings regardless of race, class and gender and political persuasion. A video clip, taken by a 17-year-old has painfully relayed how Mr Floyd was killed by a uniformed police officer.

This killing was unnervingly too familiar to the black community which has borne the brunt of a system that devalues black lives and humanity. In Kenya, the outrage generated online and offline has sparked conversations on the peculiar selective amnesia and dishonesty among citizens who choose to agitate against injustice in the US, while remaining silent, indifferent or apathetic against systemic police brutality, killings and disappearances at home.