Ademola Adedeji’s fate was sealed once the word ‘gang’ was mentioned in court. And many other black boys are caught in the same trap
“Boys, the verdict is in.” Inside Manchester crown court, it was time to say goodbye (momentarily, I hoped) to the four boys I had spent so much time with over the months they had been in court. I hugged each of them, all of us silently wondering what it meant that the jury had returned a verdict so quickly after the long, nine-week trial.
The four boys, along with six others who had been kept on remand, were on trial for conspiracy to murder – even though most were not accused of physically harming anyone.
Roxy Legane is the founder of Kids of Colour
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