Stephen Walcott

Senior Researcher @RunnymedeTrust, own views

[Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott]

Worth noting that a) Blake didn’t know it was Chris Kaba driving the car so this information isn’t relevant to an unarmed Black man being killed, and b) we don’t have capital punishment in this country

Two tier policing?

[LBC @LBC]

Chris Kaba was a 'core member' of one of London's most dangerous gangs who had gunned down rival days before being shot by police https://t.co/YPqlgiFtjQ

[Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @BellRibeiroAddy]

The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the injustices of the past.

Refusing to address our country's role in enslavement and colonialism speaks volumes about the regard in which we hold people who still live with their impact.
https://t.co/yZldYPWLge

[Ben Sellers @MrBenSellers]

I just don’t accept that you can be a socialist, humanitarian, anti-racist or internationalist & have nothing to say about people being burnt in tents, purely because they are Palestinians - a people who’ve been brutalised for more than a century. (1/2)

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

'Focusing on diversity ignores the historical context of policing, the fact that people of colour can uphold racist systems, and the experiences of officers of colour.'

🗣️ Our @sjwalcott at today's @NBPAUK conference.

[Gina @ginamartinuk]

The man who procured at least 72 men to rape his unconscious wife is linked to

The man who set his girlfriend on fire, who is linked to

The man filmed a woman being raped in Pradesh, who is linked to

The millions that watched it, who are linked to

The guy who killed his ex with a machete, who is linked to

The boy who stabbed little girls in Southport, who is linked to

The teacher who was found to be abusing his students, who is linked to

The man who proposed to his daughter on TikTok with a purity ring, who is linked to

The man who makes sexist jokes to his mates after beers, who is linked to

The kid who follows misogyny influencers, who is linked to

The mother who says “boys will be boys”, who is linked to

The teacher who brushes off the boys sexist teasing, who is linked to

You, reading this tweet thinking this is nothing to do with you because you don’t commit violence and you’re sure you’ve got no internalised misogyny.

All of it’s connected, you just don’t understand how.

[Trussell @TrussellUK]

BREAKING 🚨 Almost half of people claiming Universal Credit ran out of food in the last month and did not have enough money to buy more.

Universal Credit is falling short and pushing people to food banks. People cannot wait for an economic turnaround to improve their current situations.

We urge the Government act. People facing hunger need immediate relief, and strong services in their communities.

The upcoming budget must strengthen social security to tackle hardship at the root.

[Hyphen @onlinehyphen]

Black men are seven times more likely to die from police restraint, while Black children are nearly seven times more likely to be strip-searched.

✍🏻@sjwalcott
Yet the far right continue to peddle the myth that communities of colour are policed favourably.
https://t.co/sLMRzKJWIK

[Kimberly McIntosh https://bsky.app/profile/kimmi91 @mcintosh_kim]

✍🏾 New and quite personal from me, on quitting being a councillor, the sharp end of austerity and the value of public service

https://t.co/G6uP19L291

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

'The harm and trauma caused by the police goes back generations, so for the far-right to suggest that communities of colour are policed favourably is nothing short of racial gaslighting'

✍️ Our @sjwalcott debunks the 'two-tier' policing myth @onlinehyphen https://t.co/AlaDqhcZ5x

[Burhan Wazir @BWazir1]

@RunnymedeTrust's @sjwalcott debunks the myth of two-tier policing:
"Black men are seven times more likely to die following police restraint, while Black children are nearly seven times more likely to be strip-searched."

[Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott]

“The far right’s idea of two-tier policing… serves no purpose other than to pit communities against each other and push a racist agenda. It is merely an attempt to legitimise the anger of the rioters”

Me for @onlinehyphen 👇🏽

[Hyphen @onlinehyphen]

The myth of 'two-tier policing' has become a narrative that ignores the stark differences between peaceful movements for social change and violent racist riots.

@RunnymedeTrust's @sjwalcott writes how the conspiracy theory impacts community cohesion.
https://t.co/sLMRzKJWIK

[Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott]

If we’re serious about safeguarding children, we need to create the social and material conditions to prevent harm

Me on @itvnews 🗣️

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

@ChildrensComm 'Strip searches cause disproportionate, racialised harm. They are traumatic and humiliating, with long lasting effects such as anxiety, depression and lower educational attainment.'

🗣️ Our @sjwalcott on why we're calling for an immediate end to the strip search of children.

[Shabna Begum @shabnabegum]

Thanks @tribunemagazine for opportunity to write this. I continue to be dismayed by the fact that what should have been the worst PR disaster for far-right ideas, has instead been an undisturbed opportunity to set the agenda and frame the issues raised. Discussed 👇🏾

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

'This is what happens when political parties across the spectrum pursue hostile environment immigration policies over decades to distract from economic and political failings.'

✍️ Our Head of Policy @kapoor_alba for @The_NewArab 👇 https://t.co/G1OeKmsxwq

[Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott]

We cannot let emboldened racists dictate political discussions - calling these riots what they are is the bare minimum, but we need a wider, bolder, more active coalition of anti-racists to achieve peace. There’s no alternative

[Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott]

As many feared for so long, this racist violence is the continuation of the ‘hostile environment’ and the broader demonisation of migrants, people of colour and Muslims to distract from economic failure, legitimised by the media

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

We offer our utmost solidarity to Muslim communities and people of colour affected by the racist violence unfolding across the country.

[Stephen Walcott @sjwalcott]

But it’s also a result of silence - the shying away from calling racist policies racist, turning a blind eye to inflammatory language, avoiding so-called controversy for fear of ‘reputational damage’ or being considered 'too woke'. That’s complicity.

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

We offer our utmost solidarity to Muslim communities and people of colour affected by the racist violence unfolding across the country.

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

This is the inevitable, devastating, outcome of rising Islamophobia that's enabled to fester on social media, in mainstream media, and by our political class.

Our thoughts are with the people of Southport, and British Muslims across the country.
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