‘Aoife came home wounded... it was the police who hurt her’; Cork family's experience of US protests

Orlando police deploy tear gas during a demonstration outside Orlando City Hall in downtown Orlando, Florida. Large crowds of demonstrators have gathered each night to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The hardest thing for Cathy to contend with is the fact her daughter was hurt by the very people whose job it is to protect. “Our institutions are corrupt. It was the police who hurt Aoife.