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I see people are trying to compare treatment of black people in police custody in the UK with those of the USA, to try and point out that there is a disproportionate amount of black people dying by the UK police.

 

Here is the headline:

 

Black people are twice as likely to die in police custody in UK - according to statistics

 

https://www.donsidepiper.co.uk/read-this/black-people-are-twice-likely-die-police-custody-uk-according-statistics-2876490

 

Here is the reality:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_Kingdom

 

Black people make up 8% of the arrests of the population. (wiki)

8% of those people who died in police custody were black. (donsidepiper)

White people make up 79% of the arrests of the population. (wiki)

75% of those people who died in police custody were white. (donsidepiper)

 

You are not more likely to die in police custody in the UK because you are black.

 

I'd like to point out that anyone dying in police custody is wrong, even if they are doped on fentanyl with a previous criminal record. It shouldn't matter what their skin colour is, everyone should be treated equally.

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The problem being,what funded his good deeds.

 

Anyhow Bristol council are recovering the statue and putting in a museum so he still will be on view but with a fuller reckoning of his place in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, the_bloke said:

I see people are trying to compare treatment of black people in police custody in the UK with those of the USA, to try and point out that there is a disproportionate amount of black people dying by the UK police.

 

Here is the headline:

 

Black people are twice as likely to die in police custody in UK - according to statistics

 

https://www.donsidepiper.co.uk/read-this/black-people-are-twice-likely-die-police-custody-uk-according-statistics-2876490

 

Here is the reality:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_Kingdom

 

Black people make up 8% of the arrests of the population. (wiki)

8% of those people who died in police custody were black. (donsidepiper)

White people make up 79% of the arrests of the population. (wiki)

75% of those people who died in police custody were white. (donsidepiper)

 

You are not more likely to die in police custody in the UK because you are black.

 

I'd like to point out that anyone dying in police custody is wrong, even if they are doped on fentanyl with a previous criminal record. It shouldn't matter what their skin colour is, everyone should be treated equally.

I think that you're missing the Wiki stats in that link that only 2.9% of the black population were over 10 in 2009, whereas 88.6% of whites were,

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15 minutes ago, the_bloke said:

I see people are trying to compare treatment of black people in police custody in the UK with those of the USA, to try and point out that there is a disproportionate amount of black people dying by the UK police.

 

Here is the headline:

 

Black people are twice as likely to die in police custody in UK - according to statistics

 

https://www.donsidepiper.co.uk/read-this/black-people-are-twice-likely-die-police-custody-uk-according-statistics-2876490

 

Here is the reality:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_Kingdom

 

Black people make up 8% of the arrests of the population. (wiki)

8% of those people who died in police custody were black. (donsidepiper)

White people make up 79% of the arrests of the population. (wiki)

75% of those people who died in police custody were white. (donsidepiper)

 

You are not more likely to die in police custody in the UK because you are black.

 

I'd like to point out that anyone dying in police custody is wrong, even if they are doped on fentanyl with a previous criminal record. It shouldn't matter what their skin colour is, everyone should be treated equally.

Here is the other reality 

C&P

So overall this means a white person who has been arrested was around 25 percent more likely to die in custody than a black individual who had been arrested.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1292938/deaths-in-police-custody-uk-how-many-people-die-in-police-custody-UK-black-lives-matter

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25 minutes ago, West 77 said:

It was erected to honour his charity work which included funding schools and hospitals. In 1977 the statue was listed as Grade II structure.  Those responsible for having the statue Grade II listed in 1977 would have known the whole history why it was erected in the first place.

I'm just amazed that Edward Colston - a Tory MP - donated to schools and hospitals out of his own pocket.

 

I guess things really were different back in the old days.

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38 minutes ago, butlers said:

The problem being,what funded his good deeds.

 

Anyhow Bristol council are recovering the statue and putting in a museum so he still will be on view but with a fuller reckoning of his place in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

Well, the mayor of Bristol was not too concerned when it was pulled down- and holds the view it belongs in a museum anyway.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, banjodeano said:

A senior Tory city councillor in Bristol has described slave trader Edward Colston as a 'hero', and the toppling of his statue as 'frenzied thug violence'.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/edward-colston-a-hero-bristol-4205516

From the article, he sounds like a prat based on his previous actions and comments.

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59 minutes ago, Longcol said:

I think that you're missing the Wiki stats in that link that only 2.9% of the black population were over 10 in 2009, whereas 88.6% of whites were,

I based my figures on the latest figures, from 2018 (if that's what you are trying to say, it's hard to tell) as that's the figures used in the two links I gave.

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3 hours ago, drolnhoj said:

My concern is getting rid of all the statues and the road names and the building names is just sweeping it under the carpet. People need to remember the bad things to learn for the future. Should auschwitz be erased from history? In my opinion no! In my opinion we need to learn so that it can't happen again. 

You'd never heard of Colston until he was dumped in the drink. 

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