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More than 1,000 young black men have been removed from a controversial police gangs database. The Metropolitan Polices gang violence matrix was created after the 2011 London riots, to identify those considered at risk of becoming involved in gang violence. But campaigners accused forces of stigmatising young black men - many with no history of violence or criminal convictions - sometimes on the strength of their social media posts.   London mayor Sadiq Khan ordered a review of the database, w...

Dangerous role models: Police specialist squads and gang policing between Nigeria, America and the UK Dangerous role models: Police specialist squads and gang policing between Nigeria, America and the UK January 13 2021 Comment   defending stop and search, said that some young people were failing to distinguish between the actions of police forces overseas in America and Nigeria and those of police officers here in the UK. But far from young people being confused, as Cressida Dick implies, ...