‘Black lives don’t matter’ in the US: Floyd’s brother to the UN | Black Lives Matter News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 16, 2025
Philonise Floyd made an impassioned speech via video-link to an urgent UN Human Rights Council debate on “systemic racism” in the US and beyond.
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the “gratuitous brutality” of Floyd’s death in police custody encapsulated racism that harmed millions of people of African descent.
She also urged countries to confront the legacy of slavery and colonialism and to make reparations.
People have continued to protest police violence after Floyd’s death, with some occupying territory in the so-called ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone . . .
