Finished reading 'After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response' yesterday & this from @NadineElEnany chapter really got to me

["Khadija Saye could not call for help that night, because she had recently been wrongfully arrested & her phone had not been returned to her"]

At this intersection of overpolicing, the neglect shown to the residents prior to that tragic night from KCTMO and their organising to make demands on safety during the refurb of the tower - we’re reminded of the way the state sees the dispossessed as disposable

Grenfell Tower (named after the lord who led armies for the empire in South Africa, Egypt and governed Malta and Ireland) was filled with people from all corners of Britain’s empire and the poor at home

They came from the countries where policing originated and were then subject to policing at the imperial core.

The current heightened scrutiny on policing has to recognise that as long as policing continues, stories like Khadija’s will too

The book lays these thoughts out with much more clarity than I can, all royalties due to the editors will be donated to a Grenfell charity https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786804617/after-grenfell/