#GeorgeFloydVerdict is not the end. No1 should be above the law, yet since 1969 not 1 police officer in the UK has been convicted of killing a person in custody, this verdict should be the beginning -Never forget #ShekuBayoh & so many more💔 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸 
The UK is not innocent, there have been 1,741 deaths in police custody or otherwise following contact with the police since 1990. No police officer has ever been convicted in connection to those deaths. #GeorgeFloyd
#GeorgeFloyd was not just about racial injustice in the 🇺🇸 a black person in the UK is twice as likely to die in police custody than any other ethnicity. So what now?
In 2017 the independent Angolini report into police custody deaths found that "a disproportionate number of people from BAME communities (and those with mental health concerns) have died following the use of force". google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
The stereotyping of black men as 'dangerous, violent & volatile' is a longstanding trope ingrained in the mind of many in our society. People with mental health needs also face the stereotype of the mentally ill as 'mad, bad & dangerous' #GeorgeFloyd #ShekuBayoh #BlackLivesMatter
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