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Appropriate Adult Campaign
Following the death of George Floyd there has been an increase in concern shown by the wider community during police interactions during stop and searches. But what can the community do practically to help to safeguard the life and safety of individuals caught in interactions with the police which for ever reason become hostile, particularly where those individuals are minors. The Appropriate Adult Campaign suggests a course of action by adult...
Change through collective action
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Black children 6 times more likely to be strip-searched
When the details of ChildQ hit the news there was general shock and concern among the general public that such a thing should happen. For Parents and community activists within the Black community this was not news, it was not rare and it was not even recent. There are many men of my generation that will describe being stripped naked in the back of police vans in their early teens, frequently while still in handcuffs. Now it seems our children...
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Policing and Strip Searches of Minors
When the details of ChildQ hit the news there was general shock and concern among the general public that such a thing should happen. For Parents and community activists within the Black community this was not news, it was not rare and it was not even recent. There are many men of my generation that will describe being stripped naked in the back of police vans in their early teens, frequently while still in handcuffs. Now it seems our children...
