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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

‘We want justice’: parents protest after Carlisle schoolboy racially abused

Protesters outside the school
Protesters outside the school on Monday. Photograph: Mark Pinder/The Guardian

“We are here today to give our children confidence that parents have their back,” said Paul, speaking outside a school in Carlisle that has become the centre of a race attack storm. “We are saying ‘don’t be afraid’. We need to nip these things in the bud now. Things are getting out of hand.”

Paul was one of about 30 black parents and supporters outside the school on Monday morning. They were angry and wanted answers after a black pupil there was subjected to abhorrent and distressing racial abuse.

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