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Black boy playing with water pistol held at gunpoint by Met police
The plastic water guns were white ... “Is it really a crime for a Black child to play outside with their siblings? The policing of our community and children needs significant change to get ...
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Fury as black boy, 13, playing with a water pistol is rammed off his bike by armed police: Mother accuses London officers of racially profiling her son after mistaking his toy ...
The child's mother ... For what? For playing with a brightly coloured plastic water gun with his younger sibling on the streets behind our home? For being a black boy on the streets of Hackney?' ...
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Teaching Black children to swim heals generational trauma and saves lives, experts say
Commings, 48, said many of the Black parents he’s worked with were never taught to swim and have a fear of water. These parents are less likely to have their own children learn to swim ...
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Water Safety Week: Black children more likely to drown due to inequities in learning to swim
NEW YORK -- Every summer, children drown at local pools, beaches and rivers. That's why CBS2 is dedicating this week to water safety ... 5 to 19-year-olds who were Black were five times more ...