A report by the Institute of Race Relations highlights the increasing militarization of policing, particularly in the UK Border Force, which is now effectively under military command. Reflecting on the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, the report underscores how policing has shifted to become more paramilitary in nature. This includes the Home Office's request for military support, the rise of the clandestine Channel threat commander position, and an overall view of asylum seekers as national security threats. The report also discusses the implications of using violent methods against protesters and the need for accountability in policing practices.
First, the government portrays asylum seekers arriving in small boats in an already militarised Channel as a national security threat.
What they have begun at the border does not end at the border.
This is why we are saying to the government today that it's time to take stock. For this is demonstrably not policing by consent.
We know that discrete firearms units have been created within crime fighting units.
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