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Discrimination against black people and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in new laws is “objectively justified”, the government has claimed.
The government has accepted that it has designed laws that give police enhanced stop and search powers and the criminalisation of “residing on land without consent in a vehicle” so they disproportionately impact on black people and Traveller communities but claim it is a necessary measure to reduce crime.
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The government has accepted that it has designed laws that give police enhanced stop and search powers and the criminalisation of “residing on land without consent in a vehicle” so they disproportionately impact on black people and Traveller communities but claim it is a necessary measure to reduce crime.
Government says discrimination against black people and Travellers ‘justified’
Documents defend disproportionate impact of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
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