DOZENS of trade unionists from across the country converged on Edinburgh today to demand justice for “Scotland’s George Floyd” in an act of solidarity with his family.

Sheku Bayoh died of asphyxiation in Police Scotland custody on May 3 2015, bound hand and foot having been pinned beneath six police officers.

Two years into an inquiry, which forced outgoing chief constable of Police Scotland Iain Livingstone to admit his force was “institutionally racist,” focus turned to race, prompting today’s vigil.