An 2015 report by Inquest showed 1500 deaths in police custody since 1990. Further research by the Institute of Race Relations found over 500 of these were black and Asian people. Remember the bar chart showing ethnicity proportions in the UK? Do the math. #theukisnotinnocent
Kingsley Burrell died after being brutally restrained by police in 2011. The officers lied about having covered his face whilst he in handcuffs and leg restraints. A 2015 inquest found that the restraint resulted in his death. #theukisnotinnocent
Sarah Reed was a victim of police brutality in 2012. There’s a CCTV evidence of this, if you need that as proof that police brutality in the UK is not “alleged”. She then died in her cell in 2014. She was victim to MULTIPLE failures by authorities.
So guess what... police brutality exists in the UK! So what you must mean by "alleged", is that the body count in the UK isn& #39;t high enough to warrant calling it out for what it is. Or you want a new death in the UK as proof? #theukisnotinnocent #blacklivesmatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Police brutality doesn& #39;t even need to end in deaths to be deemed police brutality. The violence alone is unjustifiable from the police meant to protect and serve us. #theukisnotinnocent #blacklivesmatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Social psychology research on the power of authority & compliance means the true scale of it is likely much higher. Those who experience police brutality are unlikely to report it... to the police. Milgram experiment- old but boy is it gold! #blacklivesmatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #theukisnotinnocent
Therefore @EveningStandard I think you should apologise for the use of "alleged" when mentioning police brutality in the UK, then amend it. The UK does a superb job of erasing the breadth and depth of experiences of black people in the UK. Don& #39;t add to that. #theukisnotinnocent
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