Erase the Database UK
@EraseDatabaseUK
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A partnership of activists, community leaders, academics and lawyers resisting racist police surveillance. Lead by @UnjustUK @4FrontProject @tottenhamrights
United Kingdom
Joined September 2023
We have forced the Met to #EraseTheDatabase ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 If we are ever to move from harm to healing, we must put an end to ALL police surveillance tools, and instead invest in community based approaches to violence that centre racial justice and liberation.
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Rest in Power Sonya Massey. She should be with us today. (Continued below)
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TODAY: Police face recognition surveillance van has arrived in Catford. The van is just north of the Catford cat, on Rushey Green. Avoid the area if you can, or mask up and keep out of sight of the van. Location:
WATCH OUT - TOMORROW IN CATFORD Tomorrow, Tuesday 26 March, police are using face recognition surveillance in Catford. Look out for a van with cameras on it between Catford Broadway & the train stations. We keep each other safe. Please share widely to let people know.
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What a fantastic workshop in Manchester yesterday with @KidsOfColourHQ, @42ndStreetmcr, @M13youthproject, @4FrontProject and @EraseDatabaseUK ✨ In an age of creeping surveillance policies affecting young people, we explored data rights, digital harms and how to challenge them.
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In 2022, the Met admitted the Gangs Matrix was unlawful. Last week, it was scrapped for good. Now we need justice for the 1000s of lives it damaged. Do you think you/someone you know might have been on the Gangs Matrix? Visit https://t.co/0qmDbXZgCP to see how you can find out
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If you think you or someone you know might have been on the Gangs Matrix, you can find out by submitting a Subject Access Request. More info on our website https://t.co/DELSVJxf8L
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We’ve forced the Met to scrap the racist Gangs Matrix! Now we need to get healing and justice for those who were harmed by it🖤✊🏾 🎥Find out more about the impacts of the Gangs Matrix in our documentary - available to watch now. https://t.co/cmY4wGvqjU
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APPEAL’s investigation, by @NishaWaller4 @NSakande, reveals that the introduction of majority verdicts in England and Wales was motivated by a racist & classist desire to dilute the influence of “coloured” and “labouring class” jurors
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Study by Appeal finds there was a desire to dilute influence of minority ethnic and working-class jurors
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The #EraseTheDatabase documentary is out now! Racist police surveillance is having devastating impacts on the lives of our young people. 👀Watch the documentary 🗣️Share it ✊🏾Support the campaign https://t.co/omgHUpc58C
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Our new website is here! 🚀🌐 Visit https://t.co/h8CiDH1cXr for: 🎥The full #EraseTheDatabase documentary 📚Useful resources ✊Ways to support the campaign … and more!
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Through collective action and a legal win, we have forced the Metropolitan Police to admit that the Gangs Matrix is unlawful. Now they must #EraseTheDatabase for good.
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⌛1 day to go! Tomorrow, we will be launching our new website, and releasing the full #EraseTheDatabase documentary🎥 Check back at 5:30pm to watch + find out more about the campaign!
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Who do you go to when the police are the source of harm? The #EraseTheDatabase campaign builds on years of work by community leaders and activists fighting against racist policing. 💻Visit our NEW website on Tuesday to watch our documentary + find out more about the campaign.
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In 1 week, we'll be launching our BRAND NEW website and releasing the #EraseTheDatabase documentary online🚀 🗓️Mark your calendars, and make sure you're following @EraseDatabaseUK for updates!
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Being labelled as a gang member can have life changing consequences⚖️ Black people are 16x more likely to be prosecuted under Joint Enterprise. Racist police databases like the Gangs Matrix play a huge part in this. This is just one of the reasons why we must #EraseTheDatabase
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Even by the Met’s own (questionable) standards, the #GangsMatrix is not fit for its supposed purpose. Instead, it’s used as a weapon against racialised young people. Read our Community Toolkit to see how you can support the #EraseTheDatabase campaign✊🏾 https://t.co/Cmw3ZqDXcZ
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #EraseTheDatabase launch last week!🎉 If you missed out, the documentary will be on YouTube soon - watch this space👀 In the meantime, check our NEW Community Toolkit to learn how you can support the campaign: https://t.co/ABIEJttMYC
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In 2011, the Prime Minister announced a “war on gangs and gang culture” 🎬On Wednesday, we're launching our NEW documentary on the impacts of racist gang policing. Missed out on tickets to the in-person event? Subscribe to THE4FRONTMEDIA on YouTube to join the online premiere🖤
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Racist police surveillance is destroying the lives of young people in our communities. In 1 week we will be launching the #EraseTheDatabase campaign and documentary🎥 📢Make sure you’re following @erasedatabaseuk for campaign updates!
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79% of people on the Gangs Matrix are Black. Tools of racist policing like the Matrix target and terrorise our communities, but we’re fighting back💪🏾 Support the #EraseTheDatabase campaign: 🎬Share our documentary trailer 🎉Join us for our launch event 💬Spread the word!
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We've forced @metpoliceuk 2 remove the names of thousands of young Black men, many just children, off the racist database The Gangs Matrix. We now demand they #EraseTheDatabase in its entirety - State surveillance based on racist data IS #Fascism -compensate those who were on it
Removing thousands of names from the Gangs Matrix was just the beginning. We demand that the Met Police #EraseTheDatabase for good. On 8th Nov we'll be launching our documentary + campaign. Join us to call for an end to all racist police surveillance✊🏾 https://t.co/MO1hxx1LAA
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