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The UK is not innocent: Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK

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EQUALITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
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EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0170

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Policing; Black lives matter; Abolition; Black Britain; Institutional racism; Defunding

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  1. ESRC [ES/R009341/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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Purpose The purpose of this article is to show that racism is not only a US problem. Rather, racism is endemic and pervasive in the UK context, manifesting at every level of policing. From stop and search, to deaths after police contact, the authors highlight long-standing and widespread racist disparities in UK policing. The authors therefore pierce through any delusions of UK post-racialism in order to show that, as protesters have reminded us, the UK is not innocent. Design/methodology/approach In this piece, the authors reflect on the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. Whilst the catalyst was the death of George Floyd in the United States, the authors explore what the protests mean in the UK context. To do so, the authors draw upon recent high-profile examples of police racism, before situating those events within a wider landscape of racist policing. Findings Demonstrating that UK policing has to be understood as institutionally racist, the authors suggest that responses to police racism need to be radical and uncompromising - tweaks to the system are not enough. The authors therefore look towards defunding and abolition as ways in which one can begin to seek change. Originality/value The piece takes up the challenges set by this Black Lives Matter moment and offers a critical take on policing that seeks to push beyond reformism whilst also highlighting the realities of UK racism.

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