NEW: The Black schoolgirl, known as
#ChildQ
, who was strip-searched by police while on her period has thanked people "across the world" for their support, as her family's lawyers said she's launched civil proceedings against the Metropolitan Police.
A Black mother sends her son to school. Son experiences racism & physical abuse from peers. School ignores complaints about this. Son is then beaten severely by the bullies, hospitalised and ends up losing a finger? This is the UK in 2022?
#ICYMI
: Prince William said it's rather normal to see war and bloodshed in Africa and Asia but not Europe, during a visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in London today. "It's very alien to see this in Europe. We are all behind you," he told the volunteers there.
During today's
#PMQs
, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ignored Diane Abbott who repeatedly stood to ask a question. Britain's first Black woman MP being disrespected in the House of Commons, as news emerged of the Tory Party's biggest donor saying she should be shot, is most concerning.
NEW: Security guards and cleaners, who work across Whitehall, are planning to protest against the government's "culture of disrespect" towards low paid workers. As referenced in Sue Gray's report. It'll happen tomorrow from 5.30pm outside the gates of Downing Street.
NEW: Emmett Till's relative, Patricia Sterling, has filed a lawsuit for the arrest of the white woman whose false allegations resulted in the 14 y/o Black boy’s kidnapping, torture & murder nearly 70 yrs ago in the US. The white woman, Carolyn Bryant, is now 89 y/o, living life.
BREAKING: Jamie Barrow, 31, has been jailed at Nottingham Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 44 years for the murders of Black woman Fatoumatta Hydara and her two daughters, Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, after setting fire to their flat.
BREAKING: The police officer who shot Chris Kaba in south London in September last year has been charged with murder, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Chris Kaba, 24, is the second Black man known to have died following contact with Met Police in the past three months.
Oladedji Omishore, 41, fell into the Thames after being Tasered on Chelsea Bridge in June, whilst he was experiencing a mental health crisis.
Both unarmed.
NEW: Mixed race girl "tried to kill herself after Met Police strip search as she was menstruating". The 14-year-old, who's autistic, was handcuffed and had her underwear cut in front of male officers during the search, her mother said.
NEW: Jamaica's govt is pushing forward with its strategy to seek reparations for slavery from Britain ahead of the upcoming royal visit, a minister has confirmed.
Jeremy Clarkson’s Sun newspaper column, in which he said he “hated” the Duchess of Sussex, has become the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s most complained about article, with more than 17,500 complaints.
From today, Graduates of non-UK universities can apply to come to the UK through the new 'High Potential Individual' visa scheme. But this scheme appears to exclude anyone who studied at university in Africa.
“Why is it that every time we talk about countries from the south, the first allegation is corruption? The USA, UK & Europe are riddled with corruption, but nobody says that they’re not capable of achieving their objectives (…).”
- Barbados PM Mia Mottley tells SVT
(Sweden)🇧🇧
NEW: A Black schoolgirl was strip searched by Met Police officers while on her period - and without another adult present - after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, according to a report which found racism was likely a factor.
.
@SkyNews
reported that the Justice for
#ChrisKaba
march in central London today was a tribute walk in memory of the Queen/to support Charles. Chris Kaba, a 24 y/o Black man, was fatally shot by the Met Police on Monday.
Sky should retract and apologise.
NEW: Jamie Barrow, 31, has been found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of the murders of Fatoumatta Hydara and her young daughters Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh, who died in a flat fire in Clifton in November 2022.
“Today
#Stormzy
has made history as the first British man to appear solo on the cover of British Vogue’s print edition in its 107-year tenure"
Stormzy graces the front of
@BritishVogue
's December issue
📸: Tim Walker
#ICYMI
: Jamie Barrow (L) has been charged with murders of a Black muslim woman, Fatoumatta Hydara (28), & her two babies who died after a fire in their Nottingham home on Sunday, Naeemah (1) & Fatimah (3). Police has described incident as "deliberate" but hasn't said racist.
BREAKING: Due to last minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights, ALL migrants have been removed from the plane and the flight to Rwanda will not take off as scheduled tonight, government sources have told PA.
NEW: A protest is due to take place in
#Jamaica
on Tuesday as Prince William & Kate visit the country during their royal tour. Organisers have also penned an open letter to the monarchy calling for slavery reparations. More on this soon.
#Jamaica60
#AdvocatesNetwork
Excl: A Black child was mauled by a police dog in Birmingham last week "while being held at gunpoint by armed officers". He was then hospitalised with serious injuries & is now recovering at home. I was with family last night & parents say attack was racist. More on this soon.
Footage from protest outside 'Peckham Hair & Cosmetics' in south London, following an incident where a Black woman was assaulted inside the store.
🎥:
@Sistah_Space
Watched the Jimmy Savile docuseries. When his crimes became public knowledge, numerous monuments of his were swiftly removed/destroyed. But those in favour of removing slaver statues are reviled, mocked & criticised for "attempting to rewrite history". Fascinating.
The Home Office already paid £500,000 for the flight to Rwanda that's just been cancelled due to last minute legal interventions. Half a million pounds wasted by the government while cost of living crisis grips the nation. What a waste.
#RwandaDeportation
Roy Hackett, UK civil rights icon, has died. He was of the leaders of the Bristol Bus Boycott in '63 & overturned a ban on Black drivers & conductors working on the city's buses + more. "I was born an activist," Mr Hackett once said.
#Jamaica
#Windrush
Excl: Ngozi Fulani tells me she hasn't heard from palace/received apology after resignation of aide who made racially offensive remarks. Also:
- Says incident evidence of racism in royal family
- Calls for anti-racism training to be rolled out across royal households
..Brb
The school's being sued too. "Child Q seeks to hold both institutions to account including through cast-iron commitments to ensure this never happens again to any other child," solicitor Chanel Dolcy said.
@BhattMurphy
"We must not shake hands and smile with criminals. These colonial visitors should be made uncomfortable," Jomo Thomas Chambers, chair of St Vincent & Grenadines Reparations Committee, said of Prince Edward and Sophie's tour.
BREAKING: Serving Met olice officer Jonathon Cobban and former Pc Joel Borders have been found guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court of sending grossly offensive misogynistic and racist messages in a WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard’s killer.
#ICYMI
: The Met Police has given up its three-year legal attempt to sack Supt Robyn Williams over possession of a child abuse video - that someone sent her, asking to investigate - that that she says she didn't ask for or view. She could now win a six-figure payout in damages.
#ICYMI
: A plaque has been unveiled for hero Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, who died after jumping into the River Thames to save a woman in April 2021. The tribute was installed today near London Bridge during a ceremony attended by Jimi's mother & the Mayor of London.
*TW*
NEW: The shooting of Sasha Johnson, a Black Lives Matter activist, was mocked in a WhatsApp group incl Met Police officers from Wayne Couzens' unit. Her image was shared w/ words "Black Lives Splatter" indicating "racist culture", Mirror reports.
Excl: London Trading Standards is investigating Peckham Hair and Cosmetics' no refunds policy, following complaints that it is in breach of consumer law.
NEW: The Home Office is attempting to distance itself from a report it commissioned which concluded that the Windrush scandal was caused by decades of racist immigration policies, which are still being enacted today. The government is refusing to publish the report.
Leave it to some UK broadcasters to stage a debate about Jamaica and reparations without one Black person - and more specifically, a descendant of enslaved African people - on the panel. Lol.
BREAKING: The car driven by Chris Kaba was NOT registered to him, the IOPC has confirmed. However, he was followed & shot by armed police after an automatic number plate recognition camera indicated the vehicle was linked to a firearms incident in previous days.
NEW: African refugees fleeing Ukraine are being detained in EU immigration facilities - while the EU welcomes white Ukrainians with open arms - as racism concerns intensify.
My investigation w/
@maybulman
,
@LHreports
& others.
#AfricansinUkraine
Sir Oliver Samuels, renowned entertainer and the Jamaican king of comedy, expresses disapproval with Jamaican govt declaring 12 days of national mourning for the queen.
“Mourning for what? In our desperation, I don’t remember the queen ever seeing it fit to give us something.”
"Someone walked into the school, where I was supposed to feel safe, took me away from the people who were supposed to protect me and stripped me naked, while on my period," Child Q said. Her words. The school AND the police failed this little girl.
"I see bloodshot racism in their eyes. They want to save themselves & are losing their humanity in the process," one man told me.
Black and brown migrants in Ukraine are being blocked from fleeing to safety as Russian attacks continue.
#AfricansinUkraine
A spokesperson for Elianne Andam's family said: “Our hearts are broken by the senseless death of our daughter. (..) She was only 15, and had her whole life ahead of her, with hopes & dreams for the future. (...) Our lives have fallen apart, along with that of our wider family."
BREAKING: A member of the Buckingham Palace household has resigned and apologised after “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” were made to Ngozi Fulani at the Queen Consort’s reception, the palace has said.
A spokeswoman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has said an apology by The Sun newspaper over a column in which Jeremy Clarkson said he “hated” Meghan is “nothing more than a PR stunt”.
Stephen Lawrence would have been celebrating his 48th birthday today. Thoughts and prayers are with the Lawrence family.
13 September 1974 – 22 April 1993🙏🏾
BREAKING: London-based church group, SPAC Nation, has been wound up after failing to properly account for more than £1.87 million of outgoings and operating with a lack of transparency, the Insolvency Service has confirmed.
More info:
NEW: Black and Asian breast cancer patients will be offered soft prosthetics with a range of realistic skin colours, for the first time. This has been launched today by
@royalmarsdenNHS
in partnership with
@nubianskin
, a Black-owned underwear brand.
#BHM
NEW: A Black schoolgirl, 13, spent two days in isolation because of an "inappropriate hairstyle", her mum said. Mayla's mother, Kerry, accused Barr Beacon School in Walsall, Midlands, of racial discrimination & said her daughter was singled out.
NEW: The Deputy Prime Minister of St Kitts & Nevis, Shawn Richards, has indicated a desire to see the country remove the British monarchy as head of state and become a republic.
Some photos of the protest taking place in Kingston, Jamaica, now ahead of Prince William & Kate's arrival today. The event's been organised by
@Advocatesnetja
, along with an open letter, calling for apologies & reparations for slavery from the royal family.
#RoyalTourCaribbean
Baroness Doreen Lawrence, mother of Stephen Lawrence, says her son's racist murder was “exploited” by the publisher of the Daily Mail to “generate ‘exclusive’ headlines, sell newspapers and to profit”, the High Court has been told.
Andrew Pierce decided to target Black people while discussing shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel: "It is an issue in the Black community in many of our inner cities & it has to be addressed & we have to be not afraid to say so”. Thank God
@TVMarv
checked him.
Black people stuck in Ukraine are reportedly being subjected to racism even as they attempt to flee to safety. Even during a time of war, Black people are treated with complete & utter contempt. We should all be condemning this.
#BlackLivesMatter
The Windrush scandal was caused by decades of racist immigration law that was specifically designed to reduce the number of non-white people living in the UK, according to a leaked Home Office report which the department is reportedly refusing to make public.
#ICYMI
: Justine Morrison, 51, who was filmed racially abusing a doorman outside a cocktail bar in West Yorkshire has been handed a police caution and sacked from her job.
Sayce Holmes-Lewis, activist, speaks about the planned protest taking place outside of 'Peckham Hair & Cosmetics' from 2 pm today, following the incident involving a Black woman.
EXCL: Prince William and Kate Middleton to face protest in Jamaica over slavery reparations during Caribbean tour. It'll be staged on Tuesday near the British High Commission in the capital of Kingston.
#RoyalTourCaribbean
I've been hearing that lots of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities will not be voting tomorrow because they don't think any party serves their interests. Political homelessness is real.
Excl: US civil rights pioneer Rev Al Sharpton slams Jeremy Clarkson’s "racist" Meghan Markle column as
@herbert_donald
, former judge, urges Met Police to investigate along with Black politicians, equalities groups and campaigners.
“We will not participate in your Platinum Jubilee celebration!”
Full open letter to Prince William and Kate, from Jamaica’s Advocates Network, ahead of the reparations protest at the British High Commission in Kingston tomorrow.
#RoyalTourCaribbean
Tiring nonsense. A whole British TV segment dedicated to slandering Jamaica's PM for declaring republic intentions, blaming Meghan Markle/BLM/"left commentators" for ruining the royal tour.
NEW: Shantal Bailey says her son, Raheem Bailey, 11, has experienced racial and physical abuse since he began attending Abertillery Learning Community, in Wales, last September. On Tuesday, the matter escalated with horrific, permanent consequences.
#ICYMI
: Since 1990, there have been 1,870 deaths following police contact in England & Wales. In that time, there's only been 1 successful prosecution of a police officer for manslaughter in 2021. None for murder. This murder charge is historic.
#ChrisKaba
UK newspaper suggests that a Black woman commentator is a savage, a primitive being who "erupted" at white royals in her accurate assessment of the Caribbean tour. More racist language from the media. Solidarity, Dr Shola.
BREAKING: The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has launched an investigation into Jeremy Clarkson’s article in The Sun about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after it received more than 25,100 complaints about the piece.
NEW: Proud to present the trailer for my new documentary, ‘Barrel Children: The Families Windrush Left Behind’, coming soon via
@Independent
.
It’s been a real labour of love, inspired by my late father. More details on launch soon!
#WindrushDay2022
"It's so odd," this writer effectively cries. "War is no longer being waged exclusively against Black, brown and poor people. Shock. Horror". An awful take.
🗣️ "They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished and remote populations. It can happen to anyone" | Writes Daniel Hannan
Ah. David Attenborough who said that famines in Ethiopia were "about too many people for too little piece of land" + sending food to Africa was "barmy", suggesting that famine was nature’s way of dealing with too many people.
#PlatinumPartyatthePalace
"The royals & their govt must acknowledge that their economy was built on the backs of our ancestors. And then, they must pay."
The Bahamas National Reparations Committee has called for slavery reparations ahead of Prince William & Kate's visit on Thursday.
#RoyalTourCaribbean
NEW: Shantal Bailey says her son, Raheem, 11, has experienced racial and physical abuse since he began attending Abertillery Learning Community, in Wales, last September. On Tuesday, the matter escalated with horrific, permanent consequences.
Over the past few days, I've been on receiving end of racist slurs, insults & threats to safety, particularly in the DMs. Other Black and Asian people can attest to the same. I'm not bothered at this time/pity posting but just openly bearing witness to what's actually happening.
NEW: Antigua & Barbuda PM, Gaston Browne, has said following the Queen’s death he will call for a referendum on the country becoming a republic within three years.
NEW: The Ukraine govt has set up an emergency hotline to help Black & Asian students fleeing Russian attacks, its foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba announced. The # is: +380934185684
This comes after he acknowledged the racism taking place at borders yday.
NEW: A mass protest is taking place in the British Virgin Islands to oppose the UK’s plans to take direct rule of the territory following the fall of its premier. Crowds are gathering outside of the Governor-General's house. The Governor is the Queen's representative in the BVI.
NEW: Another Black man has died following contact with the Metropolitan Police,
@Independent
can confirm. The IOPC has now launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man in police custody in Croydon on Saturday 15 July.