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Gus John says shooting rioters is ‘dangerous’ idea
Share/Bookmark A Manchester academic has said the idea that police could lawfully shoot rioting arsonists was “very dangerous”. A review of the August riots by the Inspectorate of Constabulary has suggested firearms could “potentially” be deployed where arson posed a threat to life. Moss Side Defence Committee’s (MSDC) Professor Gus John said the recommendations were
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Black, Asian, minority ethnic communities and inner city riots
Share/BookmarkThe following speech was delivered at the “Beyond the Unrest – Community Safety & Civil Society” seminar, promoted by the BME Leadership & Engagement project, on November 29th, 2011. The subject I have been asked to address is vast and it is simply impossible to do justice to it in the time I have been
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Moss Side riots: the struggle to find a way through troubled waters
Share/Bookmark When Benet Hytner QC was doused with a jug of water by a member of public, he might have known the course of the Moss Side riots inquiry would not run smooth. Mr Hytner, as he chaired the open hearing, was drenched by a man left disgruntled by a previous high court case in
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Moss Side Riots 25 years on
Share/Bookmark IN a room at the West Indian Sports and Social Club in Moss Side, rookie police officers and a group of young black men from the neighbourhood are acting act out a scene which has been a source of antagonism for decades. As they role-play the ritual of stop-and-search, the hope is that the
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