Dear friend,

We stand with protestors outraged and sickened at the death of George Floyd, yet another black man killed by racist police. President Trump has responded to the furious protests at continued state violence with still more violence, threatening to deploy the military and seek ‘total domination’.

Our Government has licensed the type of crowd control equipment used in violent attacks on protesters and journalists in the United States. The UK’s own rules say that arms exports should not be licensed where there is a clear risk that they might be used in repression. Cancelling these licences would send a clear message against US state violence and racial injustice.

Tell your MP to demand an end to licensing crowd control equipment to the US.

At the same time as we urge an end to the UK’s support for state violence elsewhere, we must also call for it to be tackled at home. The UK has no moral high ground here, but its own problems with deeply entrenched racial discrimination and inequality. UK black families and activists have been fighting for justice for decades to end the disproportionate use of force on Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, the disproportionate number of deaths of black men in custody, and the lack of police prosecutions.

Please show your solidarity by emailing your MP.

Thank you.

Caroline
Campaign Against Arms Trade