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For our second day on Taser, following the @ResLabMCR report, we are highlighting racial disparities in Taser usage.
There are significant racial disparities in use of Taser that reflect institutionally racist policing.
There are significant racial disparities in use of Taser that reflect institutionally racist policing.
Nationally, Black people are almost 8x more likely to have Taser used against them. Disparity endures in Greater Manchester too, where Black people are 4x more likely. We have been concerned about racism in the use of Taser for a long time.
This was brought to the fore in Greater Manchester in May when a video went viral of Desmond Ziggy Mombeyarara being tasered in front of his young son.
At that time, along with several other anti-racist organisations, we wrote to @gmpolice and @DeputyMayorofGM - unsurprisingly, the response was wholly inadequate.
We are now calling on both GMP and Bev Hughes to take serious action against police racism and Taser.
We are now calling on both GMP and Bev Hughes to take serious action against police racism and Taser.
The Institute of Race Relations, have been raising awareness about the dangers posed by Taser recently.
See more from @IRRNews in this important thread here: https://twitter.com/IRR_News/status/1283707927229079552?s=20
See more from @IRRNews in this important thread here: https://twitter.com/IRR_News/status/1283707927229079552?s=20
The absurdity of police use of taser and racism, was demonstrated clearly in 2017 when the police inexplicably tasered their own race relations adviser. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/18/stunned-then-shocked-race-adviser-tasered-by-police-is-targeted-again
On 4th of May of this year, the police Tasered and paralysed Jordan Walker-Brown. Reflecting wider evidence of institutional racism, Jordan said that he was stopped because he was Black. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/24/man-paralysed-after-being-tasered-vows-to-get-justice-from-met-jordan-walker-brown