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How Floyd’s killing is reflective of the sad reality in our Kenyan backyard

Clenched fist [Photo: Courtesy]

When you have your back pressed against the wall, the situation that you are in may escalate within a fraction of a second.

This is the same situation that happened when the music industry together with various TV and radio stations decided to take a stand and reflect on one of the most sensitive matters that happened in the recent past, the murder of George Floyd a 46-year-old African American man who died last week after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.

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