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De-Graft Mensah brings you the black voices, stories and biggest laughs that you don't always hear in mainstream news.

If You Don't Know: The Gangs Violence Matrix

The Gangs Violence Matrix

BBC Radio 1Xtra - If You Don't Know, The Gangs Violence Matrix

Should the police be allowed to keep a database of suspected gang members?

The Metropolitan Police has a database of people it believes are gang members – it’s called the gangs violence matrix, and most of the people on it are black. We speak to lawyer Lana Adamou and musician Awate Suleiman who are taking the police to court, arguing the system is discriminatory.
 
Also, we hear from Taylor Epps, a reporter in Buffalo, New York, where 10 people have been killed and three more injured in a mass shooting. The suspect, an 18-year-old white man, targeted a predominantly black neighbourhood. 
 
Presenter: De-Graft Mensah 
Producer: Kamilah McInnis
Researcher: Michele Theil
Sound: Dave O’Neill
Editor: Alison Gee

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