Today, former police Superintendent Leroy Logan and actor John Boyega would both have been making their way to Southwark Cathedral for a service to celebrate the life of Damilola Taylor.
Both of their lives have been deeply affected by his senseless murder. Logan was chairman of the Met’s Black Police Association at the time, and his officers helped to bring the schoolboy’s killers to justice.
Star Wars actor Boyega was one of the last people to see 10-year-old Damilola alive. Twenty years on, as the special HOPE2020 service has been postponed due to coronavirus, yet another thread links the two men this weekend.
On Sunday, the BBC will broadcast Boyega’s extraordinary performance as Logan in Sir Steve McQueen’s film Red, White and Blue.
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