UK: ‘appallingly disproportionate’ number of black and minority ethnic children being arrested
Rubya Tripty Arresting of black and minority ethnic children of England and Wales who are accountable for more than a quarter of all child crime raised concern over “appalling” disproportionality in the justice system. Campaigners and politicians have defined it as ‘institutional racism’ and urged the government to take proper action to tackle the situation….