Bishops across the country led Anglicans in \u2018taking the knee\u2019 to mark the death of American George Floyd and to highlight injustice in British society.<\/p>\n
The Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Rev Martyn Snow, led others in kneeling for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time that a US police officer knelt on Mr Floyd\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n
Bishop Snow said: \u201cI am deeply shocked by the appalling brutality we have seen against black people in America and I stand alongside those who are suffering and peacefully calling for urgent change, as well as committing to make changes in our own lives and the institutions we are part of.<\/p>\n
\u201cStructural and systemic racial prejudice exists across societies and institutions and we must act to change that, as well as addressing our own unconscious biases that lead us to discriminate against others.\u201d Earlier this year he led the General Synod in a vote to apologise for racism in the Church.<\/p>\n