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    what an extraordinary coincidence


    https://twitter.com/Jane_Samuels/status/1279458313936211972?s=20

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      this is sadly unsurprising

      https://twitter.com/DdesimoneDaniel/status/1281304048466100226?s=20

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        "disproportionate" levels of fines issued by Met applied to Black / Asian / minority young men compared to white youths


        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-en...ondon-52905787

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          What are the odds, eh?

          https://twitter.com/terryfuck45/status/1292444591564754946?s=21

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            I see the usual twitter storm is surrounding Dawn Butler.

            She is right, the police is institutionally racist and i am surprised in 2020 this is still a controversial statement.

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              It isn't only that the institution is fundamentally racist, though. There are also shitloads of actively and deliberately and knowingly racist coppers. As well as the rest who are less actively, knowingly and deliberately racist.

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                At least she was publicly defended by her Party Leader. Half an hour after the Prime Minister got there first.

                What is more depressing is the number of people - including Tory MPs - who were accusing her of faking it, reversing the video, had a white driver etc etc.
                Last edited by Snake Plissken; 10-08-2020, 15:59.

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                  Originally posted by TonTon View Post
                  It isn't only that the institution is fundamentally racist, though. There are also shitloads of actively and deliberately and knowingly racist coppers. As well as the rest who are less actively, knowingly and deliberately racist.
                  This is true in the US as well, with there being a very dangerous negative feedback loop in which the institution becomes more attractive to racists as it becomes more racist itself

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                    Originally posted by Tactical Genius View Post
                    I see the usual twitter storm is surrounding Dawn Butler.

                    She is right, the police is institutionally racist and i am surprised in 2020 this is still a controversial statement.
                    Yeah.

                    #SackDawnButler indeed

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                      Actions of S Wales police illegal


                      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53734716

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                        Apparently, this does not set a precedent, which is a shame.

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                          How would Dawn Butler elected Member of Parliament be “sacked”?

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                            Originally posted by TonTon View Post
                            It isn't only that the institution is fundamentally racist, though. There are also shitloads of actively and deliberately and knowingly racist coppers. As well as the rest who are less actively, knowingly and deliberately racist.
                            You raise an important point here Ton Ton which I beleive people fail to grasp. An institution is not a building or an abstact thing you can point at. It is a collection of people working for or towards a common goal. So if that institution is racist, then there is a critical mass of people who are racist in thought, act and deed. Everyone else is either too scared/ don't give a shit enough to do anything about it.

                            This is why defunding the police is more effective than burning down police stations.

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                              Originally posted by Nefertiti2 View Post
                              How would Dawn Butler elected Member of Parliament be “sacked”?
                              It's called "I'm white and I say so".

                              Maybe they were inspired by this.
                              https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ssacre/536457/

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                                Originally posted by Tactical Genius View Post
                                This is why defunding the police is more effective than burning down police stations.




                                We could do both...

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                                  Originally posted by TonTon View Post

                                  We could do both...

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                                    https://twitter.com/stopwatchuk/status/1293487240161701895?s=21

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                                      Ah, the old tinted windows and mistake in checking the licence number, why didn't you tell us ,it could happen to a saint.

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                                        And absolutely nothing to do with the criticism of Cressida Dick that Dawn Butler had expressed the day before.

                                        imagine that this was in say Russia and a critic of the chief of police was pulled over by the police the next day.

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                                          Originally posted by Nefertiti2 View Post
                                          And absolutely nothing to do with the criticism of Cressida Dick that Dawn Butler had expressed the day before.

                                          imagine that this was in say Russia and a critic of the chief of police was pulled over by the police the next day.
                                          But they are dodgy Russians. They lack the British sense of fair play which makes loved the world over.

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                                            As a driver for the last 30 years who has never been pulled over, I must be extraordinarily lucky.

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                                              An idea for some non-violent resistance - tweet the police every time you see a BAME person driving a car in London?

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                                                https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1295640815184773120?s=20

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                                                  The Metropolitan Police has decided not to routinely release bodycam video footage after internal reviews showed officers displaying "poor communication, a lack of patience, a lack of de-escalation before use of force is introduced"
                                                  https://twitter.com/netpol/status/1318145357159727106?s=20

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                                                    [Content warning - the link is to a Guardian piece that describes some really hideous racist and misogynist abuse, which I've not copied here]

                                                    That's when they know they are being recorded. Of course, when they don't know:

                                                    Members of a “toxic” specialist police unit were recorded by a bugging device making “abhorrent” racist, sexist and homophobic comments and other inappropriate remarks, a disciplinary hearing has been told.

                                                    Beer said the officers were also recorded using derogatory terms for disabled, gay and transgender people and they had also suggested that Albanian nationals “should be shot or even killed with a nerve agent”.

                                                    Other comments recorded included one that “illegal immigrants deserve the death penalty”, Beer said.

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