Socialist Outlook

Socialist Viewpoint, International, Socialist Outlook and their supplements, 1984–2002

Racist facts of British "justice'

Socialist Outlook no. 16, February 15 1992 · 135 words

Britain yet... magistrates courts population as their white counterparts prison police actions - no-one has ever been charged Authority, of which only 22 resulted in any action In this country, if the Polio Page 2 Feb. 15, 1992 No. 16 • black people make up a third of all those appearing before • Back women unetand proper intone tamele prison • black youths are twice as likely to receive custodial sentences • by the age of 21, one in ten black youths have been sent to • in 1989, one in five black youths were stopped by the police • since 1980, 61 black people have died in custody or due to • in 1988, 5,294 complaints were made against the Metropolitan Police-only 166 were investigated by the Police Complaints Billy Poter, Birmingham Six.

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