Mina Smallman: "I want #BlackLivesMatter
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https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">. Like the #TimesUp I want positive action to come out of this."
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Interviewer: "But it& #39;s nearly 30 years since the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. What has changed?"
Mina Smallman: "Nothing. They& #39;ve just got better at covering it up. It is so entrenched in the whole ethos that they& #39;ve normalised it."
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Mina Smallman: "Nothing. They& #39;ve just got better at covering it up. It is so entrenched in the whole ethos that they& #39;ve normalised it."
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Mina Smallman: "The job of the police is to keep the bad guys out. Not to behave like the bad guys. Black people don& #39;t feel they can call the police and trust them to deal with their issues.. . .
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"Because all kinds of assumptions are being made about who they are, because of where they live, or because of their circumstances. It& #39;s not good enough. It really isn& #39;t good enough"
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Mina Smallman on #bbcnews Fri 26 June.
Her daughters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were stabbed to death in a Wembley park.
2 MetPolice officers tasked to guard their bodies allegedly took selfies with the dead women and shared them around.
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Her daughters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were stabbed to death in a Wembley park.
2 MetPolice officers tasked to guard their bodies allegedly took selfies with the dead women and shared them around.
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Will Independent Office of Police Conduct #IOPC properly investigate:
•past conduct of 2 police officers who allegedly took selfie with bodies of murdered sisters?
•police who received images? who failed to report?
•unit, culture, practice?
This time, positive action?
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•past conduct of 2 police officers who allegedly took selfie with bodies of murdered sisters?
•police who received images? who failed to report?
•unit, culture, practice?
This time, positive action?
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