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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

Manchester police stop carnival bans after legal threat over ‘racist targeting’

Revellers at the Caribbean carnival in Manchester.
Revellers at the Caribbean carnival in Manchester. Photograph: Caroline Edge/Alamy

Greater Manchester police will not be sending letters to individuals banning them from attending Manchester’s Caribbean carnival this year after a legal challenge.

GMP was accused of using “deeply racist” tactics last year after it issued a number of letters banning dozens of people from a Caribbean carnival event because they had been identified as “either a member of a street gang, affiliated to a street gang” or “perceived by others to be associated to a street gang”.

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