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Social media platforms should have more rigorous registration so people can be held accountable for what they post - and users must be banned for life for racism.
That s the call from groups in Suffolk in the wake of racist attacks on young England players Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho after Sunday s Euro 2020 final.
Social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, have condemned the racist abuse, but Suffolk organisations say more needs to be done.
Phanuel Mutumburi, business and operations director at the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE), says that social media users should be “vetted”, and the registration process should be much more rigorous.
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8:00 AM July 3, 2021
Use of stop and search has continued to increase since 2019, when it went up for the first time since 2014
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Suffolk police disrupted county lines drug-dealing activity on more than 200 occasions in the last year, latest figures have revealed.
Details were included in a report on Suffolk Constabulary s increasing use of stop and search powers.
The report, covering the use of powers in the 12 months to March 31, was discussed by the police and crime commissioner s accountability and performance panel on Friday.
According to the force s county lines disruptions log, activity was disrupted on 210 occasions during the reporting period - including 158 times in the south policing area, which includes Ipswich, and where about 400g of heroin, more than 1,000 wraps of class A drugs and 210g cannabis was seized.
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