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Ria Chatterjee
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Correspondent, @Channel4News. Contact me on [email protected] re stories. Insta or Linktree for stories covered: @RiaChatter
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    Ria Chatterjee
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    Nov 4, 2022
    19yo James Bascoe-Smith’s attackers sentenced to life in prison. James is one of a handful of people to survive the pattern of knife injury inflicted. James & his mother Lisa talk to us, in an exclusive interview, about life since that night & the collateral impact of violence 🧵
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    Jan 15, 2020
    Headmaster of The Fulham Boys School tells me their hair policy of no braids or dreadlocks “isn’t racist.” He said he doesn’t want the boys to know “who’s the ‘haves’ & ‘haves not.’” I asked him whether he equates braids & dreadlocks with one of those categories. Watch.
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    Jan 15, 2020
    How long is too long? @RiaChatter meets the mum who won't cut her son's hair to suit the school style
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    Jun 19, 2020
    Stopped & searched twice in 6 days @Ryan_Colaco says whilst he has hope in individual officers he does not trust the system, which he feels is institutionally racist. IOPC says in 2019 nos. of people filing complaints from BAME communities was low - trust, they say, is big issue.
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    Jun 19, 2020
    Police are investigating the complaint of a man stopped and searched twice in six days. It comes as the IOPC said there was a disparity between high numbers of people from the BAME community being stopped and low numbers filing complaints - @RiaChatter reports
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    Nov 4, 2022
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    James was completely innocent - “caught between 2 rival gangs.” The judge said his attackers “searched for a target to murder.” He was run over & stabbed repeatedly. He suffered severe organ damage & the blood loss starved his brain of oxygen. He had over an hour of resuscitation
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    Nov 4, 2022
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    Lisa Bascoe-Smith cares for James full time now. She says she had to “fight” for mental health & housing support, describing the systems as “weak.” “Where is the help?” she asks “If we were gang members and we had to flee our area we’d be moved out quite easily.”
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    Oct 21, 2024
    Chris Kaba’s family has issued a statement: ‘The not guilty verdict leaves us with the deep pain of injustice… this decision shows his life - and many others like him - does not matter to the system.’ Full statement attached.
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    Sep 28, 2023
    EXCL: The Met Police spent over £1m on a criminal investigation against former IPCC commissioner Jennifer Izekor, one of the few Black people to have held the post. She had been investigating alleged police racism involving the tasering of a Black firefighter. A thread.
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    Nov 4, 2022
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    We FOI’d every major trauma unit in the UK asking for the numbers of 16-25yos who’ve been left with life-changing injuries from a weapon assault in last 5yrs. Many places don’t keep data, so how can wider systems measure what provision is needed for family’s like James and Lisa?
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    Ria Chatterjee
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    Jul 10, 2020
    Presented my first ever bulletin last night! Was nervous but my sister reminded me that being out of your comfort zone means growth. And @CharleneWhite @ClaudiaLizaTV @HannahEmersonTh three of the most talented, generous, kind & formidable women gave me so much support & advice.
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    Nov 4, 2022
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    James was a gymnastics trainer. He loved DJ-ing. When I asked what he imagines for his future, he said “Nothing.” In court today, in a video message James said “I didn’t deserve this.” The family allowed us to document some of James’s journey so far. At 7pm on C4 News.
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    Ria Chatterjee
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    Nov 4, 2022
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    We hear how the attack on James has impacted his 5yo cousin who is now in therapy. And what of his friends? Some have dropped out of school and are suffering emotionally. The ripple of effect of violence runs deep and is far-reaching.
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    Ria Chatterjee
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    Feb 21, 2023
    Misconduct hearing into 8 Met officers reveals they were on a what’s app group called ‘Secret Squirrel S**t’ sharing misogynist, racist, anti-Semitic, disablist, homophobic & transphobic messages from 2016-18. All were part of a Safer Neighbourhoods team. Two are still serving.
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    Ria Chatterjee
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    Apr 30, 2021
    Excl: East London school admits some of its methods are ‘completely unacceptable’ after our investigation reveals pupils are referred to as ‘detainees.’ And - staff were given a handbook revealing sexist directives, described by CEO of the school’s trust as ‘from the 70s.’
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    Sep 10, 2022
    “You can’t put a schedule on grief,” says @TemiMwale at the protest for Chris Kaba on Parliament Square. He was fatally shot by armed police on Monday night. The family are here too, and completely devastated. Yesterday the IOPC announced a homicide investigation into his death.
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