Thread by @sholmeslewis

A black 15 year old girl was strip searched at her school by the @metpoliceuk whilst she was on her period and this was sanctioned by her school. No public outrage. A cat gets kicked by a black man, there’s global outrage along with calls for him to be sacked and prosecuted

Zouma is now being prosecuted by the RSPCA for his actions. Swift actions in record time for feline justice. #ChildQ was strip searched TWO years ago at her school and there has been no justice. In fact the Met and the school have tried to keep it quiet as per usual.

To some white people, Black lives do not matter, Black children do not matter, Black trauma doesn’t matter and many white people have been socialised to believe that we are inferior and sub-human. This is why we don’t matter in their eyes and never will.

This is basic White privilege coupled with racial biases and thoughts of superiority which doesn’t allow for empathy. Black disadvantage and systemic oppression is real. What happened to #ChildQ is not an isolated incident. This is reflective of the Black British experience.

Child Q was forced to:
• Spread her legs, buttocks with her hands whilst coughing to reveal herself
• Take her sanitary towel off and show it to the officers
• Denied use of the toilet and forced to re-use her dirty sanitary towel

This is absolutely horrific, degrading and fully unwarranted. All of the associated adults need to sacked, face jail time and be publicly shamed. They should not be protected for what they did. This is child abuse plain and simple. We must make sure that they face consequences

We can’t let them get away with this. None of these so-called adults should work with children or people again. We need to make and example of them all for the inhumane treatment of a young girl. I am disgusted. We should all be!

We must all hold the @metpoliceuk to account for everything that they do. We must hold these educational institutions to account for how they treat, discriminate and indoctrinate our Black children. Justice must be driven by us all, and until it’s realised we don’t stop! #ChildQ