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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

David Oluwale: Memorial to police racism victim stolen hours after unveiling

The Independent

A blue plaque erected in memory of a Black man who drowned after being racially harassed by police in Leeds has been stolen less than three hours after being unveiled.

The memorial to David Oluwale was removed overnight, just hours after it was installed on Monday close to where he drowned in the River Aire in Leeds.

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