Does the same type of incidents (police brutality) happen to minorities in Britain? (piefed.social)

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For example back in 2020, in Minneapolis: George Floyd was killed by a white cop which sparked a worldwide protest regarding the BLM movement. That was a high profile one. However, before that: there are cases of "black kid gets shot for holding toy gun" or anything equivalent.

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[-] HermitBee@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

UK police are trained to a higher standard than they are in the US

This is true, but it's also a fundamentally different standard. De-escalation is much more prioritised in UK policing, and the whole idea of policing by consent doesn't seem to be a thing in the USA.

[-] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Consent? I hardley knew him.

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