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Jun 8, 2020 • 19 tweets • 10 min read
It can often be easier to see police brutality as an American issue in order to distance ourselves from the hurt. However, in this thread we would like to highlight why police brutality and racialised violence, is very much a problem in modern day Britain. #BlackLivesMatterUK
This thread aims to inform & educate, though we understand the damaging effect of sharing stories of race-based violence. Content warning: this thread & the pages it links to, contain discussions about racism, police brutality and death which may be upsetting to readers.
Jun 1, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
In light of the shocking and disturbing news of the unjust murders of #GeorgeFloyd#AhmaudAbery#BreonnaTaylor by police officers, we would like to bring awareness to and highlight the mental health impacts of exposure to traumatic racial incidents to the Black community
In this thread, we particularly focus on race-based trauma – providing an understanding of what it is and how it can impact the Black community after exposure to the recent incidents of police brutality in the USA.