Good morning. I’m Aamna Mohdin, the Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, and I’ll be bringing you First Edition alongside Archie over the next couple of months.
It’s been five years since George Floyd’s agonising cry – “I can’t breathe” – sent shockwaves around the world. His killing by a white police officer sparked what may have been the largest social movement in US history, and protests in the UK were the most widespread since the abolition of slavery. Millions took to the streets, led by young people, to assert the power of three simple words: Black Lives Matter.
