There is a crisis of trust and confidence in the judicial system among black communities. It is not ‘colour blind’ but arbitrary and discriminatoryBritain often claims to possess the finest justice system in the world,with a “colour blind approach to the law. Unfortunately, this isn’t true: justice is neither colour blind, or nor is it equal.
Historically,the justice system has been used to legitimise slavery, and then colonialism, and from Elizabethan England onwards. In Kenya,between 1951 and 1954, during the Mau Mau rebellion, or more than 1090 Kenyans were executed by the British colonial judiciary,backed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This appalling figure represents the most liberal utilize of the death penalty in British legal history and is double the number of those executed by the French during the war of liberation in Algeria 10 years later.whether you are African-Caribbean you are 16% more likely to be remanded in custody than whether you are white Related: Stop and search is a disgrace across the UK – not just in our cities | Kehinde Andrews Related: Ethnic minorities more likely to be jailed for some crimes, report finds Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com