A month or so of protests have seemingly galvanized waves of young people whom many may have dismissed as apolitical. However, it remains to be seen how of if this youthful energy can be mobilized and whether Black Lives Matter is the right vehicle given their  desire to neutralise the

A 2016 quote from Hollywood icon Will Smith has been doing the rounds in the wake of the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests: “Racism is not getting worse, it’s getting filmed.” (1) Before George Floyd there was Eric Garner in 2014 (perhaps a reference point for Will Smith) In between

We conclude our current discussion highlighting the death in custody cases in the UK, exploring their impact and legacy within the context of the #Black Lives Matter protests.  There are now efforts to finally screen (it was previously banned) Migrant Media’s award winning 2001 documentary Injustice on British TV. (https://www.change.org/p/channel-4-channel-4-screen-injustice-film-about-black-deaths-in-uk-police-custody?recruiter=7027740&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=144efca0-c572-012f-31cc-4040496dcccb).

After the harrowing accounts in the previous show from the families of Christopher Alder and Sean Rigg about their deaths in custody we hear from more families tonight.  We do this because we want to avoid reducing “saying their name” to a vain and empty gesture and get to know

We continue to explore the repercussions of the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the global protests that followed it, spearheaded by #Black Lives Matter. Even if justice, however defined, in the George Floyd case is served, it will still represent the exception rather than the rule.  Moreover,