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Sarah Everard followed all the rules women are taught from birth. She spoke to her boyfriend as she walked through a park home at 9pm on a Wednesday, she wore comfortable and warm clothes, and shoes made for running. Still, it didn’t save her. She was killed on March 3 2021. A police officer is on trial for her murder.
In the month since Sarah was murdered, women around the world have been united in mourning, fear and maybe most prominently, rage. In London, a vigil for Sarah at Clapham Common the site of her murder was met with a heavy-handed police response, only exacerbating that fury. Closer to home, a protest in Pōneke on March 31 was attended by hundreds, rallying behind a simple message: let us live.