Friends, thank you for signing this petition. Since I last wrote to you, a lot has happened.
We have been on a rollercoaster of emotions since the weekend. The public reaction to the British Transport Police closing the case into the incident my wife experienced at Victoria Station has taken us by surprise. At the same time, the righteous anger over the killing of George Floyd swelled in America, here in the UK and across the world.
On Wednesday, thousands of people protested in London to cry it loud that Black Lives Matter. Black lives do matter. Belly’s life mattered. It mattered to me, to our daughter, our friends and family, to Belly’s colleagues, and now it matters to many thousands of you out there.
We were there, united in our anger and our grief. United in our determination to be heard and in our determination to get change. We need change so badly. We want justice for Belly. Belly didn’t lie about being assaulted. Belly and her colleague were confronted and intimidated as frontline workers and their concerns and their fears were ignored. We continue to have questions after the police investigation.
We want to know why she was sent out to work unprotected on the station concourse that day. We want to know why she was working when she had a respiratory condition. We want justice for Belly’s colleagues who still don’t have full PPE. And we want justice for the families of all transport and key workers – they should all be eligible for the government’s compensation scheme for NHS workers and carers who have sadly died from the virus.
Today, it’s two months since Belly died in hospital from coronavirus. Two months since I lost my wife and our daughter lost her mother. We ask you to take a moment today to think about Belly, and about all the transport workers who have died from this terrible virus and all those putting their lives on the line to keep our country moving.
Please share the Justice for Belly graphic attached and demand Justice for Belly. It’s really simple:
1. Save the graphic
2. Upload to your social media account
3. Remember to use hashtag #JusticeforBellyMujinga
With thanks as always,
Lusamba