A video showing a Black man pinned to the pavement by multiple security guards in central Dublin has shaken Ireland and reopened bitter arguments about racism, immigration and policing. For many protesters who filled the streets outside parliament this week, the death of 35-year-old Yves Sakila looked painfully familiar.
The comparisons to George Floyd emerged almost immediately after footage of the incident spread online. In the recording, Sakila appears restrained on the ground outside a department store on one of Dublin's busiest shopping streets while several men hold him down for minutes as bystanders watch.
