"Black men being killed by police is somewhat normal in this country," James Austen, a 27-year-old filmmaker, based in Los Angeles, U.S., recalls what he thought when he first heard about George Floyd's story. As a Black American, Austen has seen too many cases of inequality growing up, so he was not surprised by the news. But what surprised him was how people reacted to the killing, going out to the streets and protesting in a way they never had.