George Floyd protests: 'It was good to be part of the change'

The death of George Floyd, a 48-year-old black man, while he was being restrained by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis in May 2020, shocked the world and sparked global protests about racism and police brutality.

A year on, people in Manchester have spoken about the effect his death and the Black Lives Matter movement have had on them.

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