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Lovemore overcame racism and police violence to become a champion boxer, now the courtroom is his ring – ABC News
Lovemore Ndou suffered horrific abuse from police in South Africa when a white woman flirted with him. The Sydney-based lawyer made a vow in his hospital bed which…
Lovemore Ndou was 16 when a cashier flirted with him at the supermarket.
It might seem innocuous, but a white woman flirting with a black man in South Africa during apartheid was anything but.
When authorities weren’t able to pin a sexual assault on him, they instead accused him of theft before taking him to a cell where they broke his arm and let a dog trained to “kill black people on sight” almost tear out his eye.
It’s left a scar he still bares next to his eye socket a reminder of the three-time…
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