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By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu, September 13, 2022.
Chris Kaba is the second Black man to have died at the hands of the Met in just three months. Both were unarmed,’’ the Runnymede Trust said in a statement on Twitter. Rowley “takes his place at the head of a broken organization that demands immediate action to eradicate the contagion of systemic prejudice,” the statement said.
Police forces across the country have attempted to address their fractured relationship with Black Britons. National Police Chiefs’ Council released a plan earlier this year to “become an anti-racist police service,” and tackle disparities such as Black people being almost nine times more likely to be stopped and searched than White people.