Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: Its going to come to no surprise that in #London over the last six years the only ...

Its going to come to no surprise that in #London over the last six years the only events where the Metropolitan #Police sought (and gained) clearance for the (potential) use of baton rounds on crowds were those events which were 'black-led'.

Now to be fair they have not actually been used, but the policing of black-led events included the deployment of what are sometimes called #rubberbullets;

Its hard to see how this isn't further proof of institutional #racism (?)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/06/met-police-baton-rounds-black-led-events-foi-reveals