Dara O’Briain has acknowledged his privilege after comparing his own experience of accidentally using a counterfeit note to that of George Floyd.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was last week arrested in Minneapolis after being accused of using a counterfeit note to buy cigarettes at Cup Foods.
During his arrest, a white police officer named Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes. Floyd died shortly afterwards.
Mock The Week star Dara tweeted: ‘Just found out that George Floyd was originally stopped by the police because he handed over a counterfeit note in a shop.
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