Black and Blue

Show Notes

This is the recording of the much-anticipated webinar, streamed live on Wednesday 2 December 2020, which featured present and former serving black police officers about their views on the Black Lives Matter movement, institutional racism, ‘stop and search’ and related law and order issues.

Contributors included:

• Dr Leroy Logan MBE, former superintendent in the Metropolitan police and a former chair of the Black Police Association. Leroy is also the author of Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop.
• Janet Hills, a Detective Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police Service. Janet is the first Female Chair of the Metropolitan Black Police Association and was also the National Black Police Association President from 2015-2017.
• Bevan Powell MBE, the former chair of the Black Police Association and current Methodist Secretary for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

The session was chaired by the Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Archdeacon of Croydon and Revd Les Isaac OBE, CEO of the Ascension Trust.

Partners

This webinar was produced in partnership with:

• Ascension Trust
• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
• The Diocese of Southwark
• The Methodist Church
• The National Black Police Association

What is Truth to Power?

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland brought together key people from across the Church and society to discuss significant contemporary issues. These are the recordings of the webinars which were originally streamed live.