Mushmouth
05-10-2018, 06:36 AM
Police are labelling young men and boys – almost exclusively black – as potential gang members, based on little or no evidence
The study reveals how the labelling of young men, sometimes boys, almost exclusively from the black community, as “gang nominals” is often based on hunch or feeling. These uncorroborated assumptions then travel, appearing as “flags” on the case management systems of a range of agencies extending well beyond the criminal justice system. Individuals and their families become marked. The stigma leads to serious harms including criminalisation, imprisonment, exclusion from school, eviction from home, removal of children and deportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/09/police-gang-lists-racist-black-matrix
The study reveals how the labelling of young men, sometimes boys, almost exclusively from the black community, as “gang nominals” is often based on hunch or feeling. These uncorroborated assumptions then travel, appearing as “flags” on the case management systems of a range of agencies extending well beyond the criminal justice system. Individuals and their families become marked. The stigma leads to serious harms including criminalisation, imprisonment, exclusion from school, eviction from home, removal of children and deportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/09/police-gang-lists-racist-black-matrix