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A memorial in honour of Brixtonian Cherry Groce
Lee Lawrence (pictured) unveils a memorial for his mother, Cherry Groce in Windrush Square, Brixton on Sunday 25th April.
Tragically shot in front of her children by the Metropolitan Police in 1985, Cherry Groce sustained injuries that left her paralysed and in pain until the day she passed away.
A memorial, designed by world-renowned architect Sir David Adjaye OBE will be unveiled in Windrush Square, Brixton in honour of Cherry Groce on Sunday 25th April.
Speaking to The Voice, Chair of the Cherry Groce Foundation and son of Ms. Groce, Mr. Lee Lawrence said “I feel that now she [Cherry Groce] can be rested. We can release her, she can be free because we’ve done everything we can in our power to honour her and allow her legacy to live on,” says Lee Lawrence.
Apr 22, 2021
PARIS (AP) The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd’s death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those seeking racial justice and fighting police brutality on the other side of the Atlantic and beyond, where Black Lives Matter has also become a rallying cry.
But the fight is far from over, activists, victims’ families and others in Europe, South Africa and elsewhere said Wednesday.
A Minneapolis jury found ex-police officer Derek Chauvin guilty Tuesday on all counts of murder and manslaughter in the May death of Floyd, whose final words, “I can’t breathe,” reverberated across the world.