News Round-Up
30 October 2024
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29 October 2024
by Will Jones
The verdict in the trial of officer Blake suggests that Kaba was killed in lawful self-defence. And there’s no evidence that police are disproportionately killing black people due to racism.
Chris Kaba was one of London's most feared gangsters, it's been revealed after the judge lifted reporting restrictions. Yet the officer who shot Kaba was named, putting a bounty on his head and forcing him into hiding.
A police officer who shot dead black man Chris Kaba in south London after he tried to ram his way out of a police roadblock has been cleared of his murder. But why was he charged in the first place?
Using Latin names for plants may be racist, the University of Michigan has warned, in guidance to prevent the influence of colonial "power structures" on visitors.
Sharif El-Mekki is a black nationalist with family ties to Iran who supports school segregation and runs a nonprofit that has raked in nearly $20m from the taxpayer and nonprofits, including the Gates Foundation.
The clamour for slavery reparations isn't going away. But is it just an excuse for Caribbean countries to demand piles of U.K. taxpayer money? Olga Gillies attended the recent debate in the House of Lords and reports back.
Meet Mukund Krishna, the "self-serving" Police Federation CEO who suspended Chair Rick Prior after he defended the rank-and-file. He's a management consultant with no experience of policing, and it shows.
Kamala Harris has pledged to legalise recreational marijuana and create "forgivable" loans in a bid to win black men's votes after Barack Obama said some "aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as President".
A freedom of speech row has erupted at Durham University as one of its oldest societies, the 182 year-old Durham Union debating society, was banned from taking part in freshers' fair over "DEI non-compliance".
Dawn Butler's Black History Month poem about being "The Chosen One" says everything you need to know about this whole fake festival of institutionalised anti-whiteness, says Steven Tucker.
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