Tens of thousands of Americans set to strike in protest over racial inequality

Organisers of the Strike For Black Lives said tens of thousands of Americans were set to walk out of work in more than two dozen cities at noon on Monday, to protest against systemic racism and economic inequality. At noon in each time zone, workers were expected to take a knee for just short of nine minutes, the amount of time prosecutors say white police officer Derek Chauvin held his knee on George Floyd’s neck before Floyd died in…