It's almost a year since George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was captured on video kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck until he stopped breathing.
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It was nine minutes of agony that would lead to weeks of protests, both in America and worldwide, including Australia.
This week, a jury found Chauvin guilty of murder, bringing a resolution to an event that convulsed America and, for a brief and stunning period, knocked COVID-19 off the front pages.
Those same front pages were once again filled with George Floyd's name and face, like much of America has reacted with jubilation to the verdict - a defining moment bringing the Black Lives Matter movement to the fore once again.
In Australia, we had our own Black Lives Matter moment; however, did we have a similar reckoning?
This year marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody.
It is believed 455 deaths have occurred since then - roughly 15 deaths per year - including five First Nations people during March and April.
While no one deserves to die whilst in police custody, the rates of Indigenous deaths is appalling.
Mandatory sentencing laws, which saw one NT man jailed for 14 days after stealing one can of beer, need to be abolished.
The George Floyd verdict has also been brought forth into a very different atmosphere to that of 2020, and not just because the killing took place during one of the very peaks of the pandemic.
The image of so many people gathered together when they were otherwise being urged to isolate arresting and unforgettable.
Chauvin's conviction is an instance of power finally being held to account.
It is no way the end for either George Floyd's family or the Black Lives Matter movement, and what happens next will again reverberate for generations to come.