07-06-2020, 20:43
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Re: Black Lives Matter
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Police brutality and systemic racism towards the black community in the UK exists the use of the name is perfectly valid
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-by-ethnicity/
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Between 2008/09 and 2018/19, 85 percent of deaths in police custody in England and Wales were white people, who make up 86 percent of the UK population. In the same time period, black people accounted for eight percent of the UK deaths in police custody, while only making up three percent of the total population.
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https://www.inquest.org.uk/bame-deat...police-custody
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The proportion of BAME deaths in custody where restraint is a feature is over two times greater than it is in other deaths in custody
The proportion of BAME deaths in custody where use of force is a feature is over two times greater than it is in other deaths in custody
The proportion of BAME deaths in custody where mental health-related issues are a feature is nearly two times greater than it is in other deaths in custody
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