MPs demand 'justice is served' after 'racially aggravated assault' on black schoolgirl

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A report on the incident above:

Shocking footage was shared on social media earlier this week appearing to show the pupil being punched, kicked and having her hair pulled outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey.

A number of arrests have been made by investigating officers, including a 39-year-old woman, 16-year-old girl and two 11-year-old girls on suspicion of attempted racially aggravated grievous bodily harm
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-five-arrested-over-racist-29185932

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Other incidents and comments:

'Appalling' scenes of violence as hotel housing asylum seekers is attacked in Merseyside
The 'deeply shocking' scenes of violence had seen officers in Prescot, Knowsley, deal with two groups of protesters after a demonstration descended into chaos.
https://www.sundayworld.com/news/world-news/appalling-scenes-of-violence-as-hotel-housing-asylum-seekers-is-attacked-in-merseyside/656367212.html

Instances of racist hate crimes have surged in the UK since the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Professor Mike Savage examines the varying forms of nationalism harboured amongst British elites, and considers how intensifying inequalities inform volatile nationalist and racist sentiments across British society.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/politics/are-the-elites-driving-nationalism-in-post-brexit-britain

I love England; I love being united with the rest of the kingdom; I loved being part of Europe. I love watching England play. I love the glory of the goals; I love the palpitations of the penalties. But honestly, F@@@ the next championship and F@@@ the World Cup. The only way England wins now is if it can stamp out its racism.
https://www.vogue.com/article/britain-is-racist-there-i-said-it

It's starkly evident that major ethnic and racial inequalities persist in employment, housing and the justice system.
The government's pioneering ethnicity facts and figures website brings together in a single accessible format the hard evidence on ethnic disparities collected by government departments.
https://theconversation.com/how-racist-is-britain-today-what-the-evidence-tells-us-141657

Is anyone really surprised at these reports, or believe they show anything that unusual or new?

It's exactly an incident like that involving the black schoolgirl in Surrey that spurred our parents (mainly our mum) to send my sister and I back to relatives in Guyana thirty years ago for our schooling...

[SKY News]

MPs demand 'justice is served' after 'racially aggravated assault' on black schoolgirl

A cross-party group of MPs have urged the home secretary to ensure "justice is served" after a black schoolgirl was assaulted by a group.

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