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Remember the protestor who lay under the van on Kenmure Street?
Part of his statement after was:

"I was just buying time for people to get there."

He knew that the community would come, that once it was clear what (1/?)
was happening people would stand against injustice and for their neighbours.

An ongoing injustice is being committed against #OsimeBrown , this young autistic Black man has suffered at the hands of the UK justice system (details can be found linktr.ee/Justiceforosim… but CW (2/?)
for racism and ableism) and is still being threatened with deportation to a country he left at 4 years old.

This would put his life at risk.

As time passes, more and more people are calling for @ukhomeoffice to #FreeOsimeBrown, to #StopTheDeportation.
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“Osime has been affected mentally, physically and emotionally by this traumatic experience. I just want him to relax now. I got him his Playstation and I am cooking him his favourite meal, dumplings and ackee.

#StopTheDeportation #FreeOsimeBrown

theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/o…
He is really trying to adjust and reorientate himself. He was in a cruel environment in prison for three years."

“I want to see a public inquiry for all cases like Osime’s – children and young people who have been in care and end up in the criminal justice system.” Joan Martin.
Clare Hayes and Sarah Ricca, of Deighton Pierce Glynn said: “It would seem from information received to date that the threat to deport Osime is the culmination of a long history of discriminatory treatment, which is all too familiar for children with autism
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