source: Lee Jasper Official Blog

first published: 6 January 2024

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The news that there has been a 13% increase in the last year in the stop and searches of Black children will come as both horrifying and devastating news to many in Britain's Black communities and beyond.

Recently published Home Office data revealed that in the last year, we have seen a massive ramping up of racial profiling and targeting black children by British police forces across the UK and, in particular, London at the hands of the Metropolitan Police.

And the terrible news is these figures are rising, and child arrests are becoming increasingly violent.

In addition to this worrying new trend, London-based youth charity Redthread has publicly expressed its concerns after youth workers reported seeing increased incidents of black children, particularly black boys, arriving in hospital A& E departments after suffering from Taser injuries, head injuries, memory loss and trauma resulting from violent arrests.

The majority of these arrests have led to no further action. In other words, most children are innocent of any crime.

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