Timeline: one year since the death of George Floyd

Police killing of the unarmed African American prompted moment of reckoning for US race relations

Members of the clergy gather in front of a George Floyd mural in June, 2020
Members of the clergy gather in front of a George Floyd mural in June, 2020
(Image credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

British police were twice as likely to fine young black and Asian men for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules than their white peers, new figures have shown.

National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) analysis of fixed-penalty notices issued under the new coronavirus laws found that BAME people were 1.6 times more likely to be fined than white people.

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