A verdict brings tears of relief – and a challenge to us all

I watched as the verdict against Derek Chauvin was read out. Then I wept into my hands.

My first thoughts of George Floyd were, “I hope ‘mama’ heard you.”

For among George Floyd’s last words, as he hung between life and death, was a call to his mum.

I have a son, a black son.

If my son called out to me in such pain, I am not sure there is any justice that could plaster together the pieces of my broken self.

When people proclaim Black Lives Matter, they do so because even when a black man, in handcuffs and already on the…