In 2011 Mark Duggan was killed by armed police in London, sparking a riot that spiralled into a week of the worst civil unrest in modern British history.
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#TheHardStop pays tribute to Stephen Lawrence.
Join us tomorrow at 7pm for the Stephen Lawrence LIVE memorial concert, featuring our host Yinka Bokinni and special guests Baroness Lawrence and Max Cyrus via TikTok live.
#SLDay21 #StephenLawrenceDay #StephenLawrence #BecauseOfStephen #ALegacyOfChange #LiveYourBestLife
A first in the police department
150 year history: 3 Counts of murder & manslaughter for 8 Minutes, 46 Seconds of forcefully kneeling into the neck of George Floyd until he heard his last breath.
#TheHardStop , dir @georgebamponsah, cast Marcus Knox Hook, @kurtis_henville and writer-producer Dionne Walker (@diverseworld)would like send condolences 💐 to the family of Richard Okorogheye
The Race and Disparities report acknowledges:
‘Past injustices still loom large in perceptions of the police for some ethnic minority Britons, especially Black [and] Caribbean’
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Only lack of diversity in police numbers, poverty and criminal background is cited and cross referenced with previous report.
Give ourselves a pat on the backs and defer to a few bad apples because we are no longer systemically racist. 😱
From #TheHardStop director George Amponsah #BlackPower: A British Story narrated by #Daniel Kaluuya.
★★★★★ -FT.
'Vivid & righteous...a worthy chronicle' Sunday Times.
Directed by #GeorgeAmponsah and narrated by #DanielKaluuya, #BlackPower: A British Story of Resistance airs this Thursday 9pm @BBCTwo.
#RoganProductions, #LammasPark #TurbineStudios. Photo Horace Ové, CBE
Can you imagine the families of those who have died during police arrest or in custody not being allowed to demonstrate outside the police station?
#Investigate #PoliceCrackdownBill
The Hard Stop retweeted
The fight against the #PoliceCrackdownBill and this Government’s authoritarianism is only just beginning.
Let's keep organising to defend & extend the democratic rights that make progress possible.
Nims Obunge is an independent candidate in the London Mayoral race.
In #TheHardStop he is a unifying voice, we see him during the campaign
and at local community meetings putting tough questions to the police. Team @TheHardStop wish him well.
London needs new hope, a new way of addressing #crime, homelessness, housing, poverty, climate change, the #economy, #youngpeople, transportation, arts and culture. Let’s do this together. #Hope21 #movinglondonforward #puttingyoufirst #London #londonmayor #nimsforlondon
#TheHardStop director @georgebamponsah is staying on topic w/ his latest project Black Power
BBC has commissioned two new documentaries: Black Power (w/t), directed by BAFTA-nominated George Amponsah (The Hard Stop), and Subnormal, directed by Lyttanya Shannon — with both films originating from filmmaker Steve McQueen ow.ly/eqkp50DlYSJ
Years in review: 🖤🖤🖤
Our annual remembrance event in memory of our loved ones who died at the hands of police and in custody in the UK will take place online tomorrow Saturday 31st October at 1pm. Please join us to hear from families who want justice for their loved ones uffcampaign.org/about-us/ann…
The Hard Stop retweeted
*TONIGHT 7:35pm*
@BBCPanorama 'I Can’t Breathe: Black & Dead in Custody'
The programme follows #KevinClarke's family on their search for justice. Mr Clarke said, 'I can’t breathe' as he was restrained. Our @_lesliethomas QC represents the family. bbc.in/3bONzU9
When the Govt said #StayAtHome Team@thehardstop went out and marched about injustices
as George Floyd left many anxious & woke #AYearLikeNoOther #TheHardStop
