if clayton tyler, thank you for coming on the programme.wasn't just america that erupted. from auckland to iceland, from brazil to belgium, the reaction was global. why should a single man's face and his dying words appear on the bombed—out wreckage of a home in syria? i can't breathe, i can't breathe! george floyd! the virus i'm referring to is called racism. for many, it was about the police. in france, protesters recalled the death of adama traore four years earlier, a black man dying in police custody. in new zealand, maoris talked of structural racism. and in brazil, police violence — mostly against black people — brought thousands onto the streets. black lives matter, a phrase and a movement with its roots in america, now swept across more than 60 countries. but this was also about history and a reckoning, especially with empire. in the english city of bristol, the statue of a slave trader was torn down, dumped in the harbour. in belgium, protesters targeted king leopold ii, held responsible for the death of millions in what is now th