If you're in the business of working hard, to save the lives of our young people in the anti violence sector, and you work in partnership with police and local authorities, you really need to watch this explosive interview with one of Britain's leading 'anti gang' practitioners Gwenton Dennis Sloley
The Mayor of London really needs to pay attention. As a former Policing Director of Policing for London I can tell him that Londons Black communities trust and confidence in police in London is at the lowest levels ever recorded in Londons history, according to figures recorded by their Met in their annual confidence survey.
While everyones focused on Brexit, the acute unemployment, poverty , ill health, overcrowding and police harassment, have become grievously exacerbated by a decade of austerity.
Poverty drives violence and poor communities, trapped by criminals to the right and highly aggressive, institutionally racist police force on the left, tell me what is a community to do ?
When all black people are considered criminals by the police, they critically undermine the fight against crime.
This case is just one of many. How is it, when we want to work with the police to address the wretched level of violence, this happens ? And it nit the first time either.
Why would the Met. target one of the most credible, anti violence youth workers in the UK, workers who put their lives and reputations on the line to save lives ?
The message Brexit Britain is sending is clear, any black person in the public eye or in high profile positions, is a legitimate target for racist lies, deceit and false innuendo.
This constant undermining of black leadership is now routine, From Gwenton to Diane Abbott, from Raheem Sterling to Jahmelia, wherever we rise there is a backlash against black talent.
The fight against violence in London is in a mess, relations are the worst Ive seen in decades, confrontations with the police are on the rise, and no one has any clue or effective response to this crisis.
Civil disturbances sparked by a aggressive and illegal Stop and Search will be the spark. The harassment of Gwenton is further evidence of the parlous state of relations and a indication of the depth of institutional racism in the Met.
Currently the state of relations are as bad as this pre 1986 and 2011, and nobody with the ability to do something about it gives a damn.
How does the UK’s top anti gang worker ends up being racially targeted by the very he’s trained and working with. ?
Find out in this explosive interview;
"I was warned they're were going to come after me, I was told I'm getting too big for my boots, because I was challenging statutory services to account for their failings to provide early intervention and services, that cost young peoples lives."
