#institutional-racism

#institutional-racism

The independent review into racism in Scottish cricket made for harrowing reading, and shone a light on an unacceptable culture across the sport, said committee convener Gillian Martin ahead of the evidence session.A Scottish Parliament committee is due to take evidence on racism in cricket.On Tuesday, the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee will take evidence from Gordon Arthur, interim chief executive of Cricket Scotland, and Sportscotland CEO Forbes Dunlop.Our committee is determined to find out if this essential reform has begun and we look forward to hearing from Cricket Scotland and Sportscotland on the steps they are taking to ensure this shameful culture is eradicated completely from across the sport.

A solicitor who has represented female officers with claims of sex discrimination against Police Scotland said she is disappointed there is a reluctance to admit there are individuals within the force who are racist and sexist.Margaret Gribbon represented former armed response officer Rhona Malone, who won almost 1 million in compensation in a landmark legal case which found she had been victimised after raising concerns about sexism within Police Scotland.

Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has privately admitted in the past that there is institutional racism in the force, two Labour MPs have claimed.Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central and and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Streatham, said that commissioner Rowley had agreed there was an issue with institutional racism in the force in previous meetings, but that he had backtracked due to pressure from the government.

Messages declaring I would happily rape you and jokes about domestic violence are among the alarming cases of sexism, racism and misogyny that expose the shocking state of the Metropolitan Police.The examples were uncovered in the Casey report which called for a complete overhaul of the force and a new approach to restore public trust and confidence.

Doreen Lawrence, who has campaigned tirelessly for justice and equality since her son was killed in an unprovoked racist attack in 1993, has spoken candidly for the first time about finding her inner strength after the brutal murder that seized Britain.In a BBC Maestro course released on Thursday, Lady Lawrence reflects on being thrust into the spotlight and having to publicly mourn her son Stephen, then 18, who was stabbed while waiting for a bus in Eltham, south London, nearly 30 years ago.

A Brookfield man has been charged in the Tuesday shooting of two boys, ages 12 and 16, outside a library in West Garfield Park.Police charged Adam Avizius, 37, with one felony count of aggravated battery for allegedly shooting the two children outside the Legler Regional Branch Library, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Paradoxically, now the full scale of the dysfunction at the Metropolitan police, exposed by Louise Casey's report, is known to the public, the force's commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, could start to get a bit more of what he wants.Rowley has asked for time to start turning the force around, and as the dust settles it was clear that the two people he needs to fear the most because they can sack him the home secretary and London mayor will give him that.

Everett public school students walked out of class on Thursday in protest of a recent decision not to renew the contract of a popular superintendent.About 100 Everett High students walked out of class to demand the school committee change its decision not to renew the contract of Superintendent Priya Tahiliani, according to a GBH report.

The administration of Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is using the state's Department of Education to create a "parent workgroup" consisting of right-wing book-banning advocates.The workgroup will train public school librarians on how to follow censorship rules signed into law by DeSantis earlier this year.