Show Notes
On Monday 29th September 2025 at 2:30pm in a quiet residential street in North West London, near the local primary school, a 34 year old man was violently attacked by a police officer.
Constable Merrick 2497NW, on SOLO patrol, pursued , mounted and smashed in the head this young man, using his handcuffs as a lethal weapon. He sat on the victim, he pressed his face into the ground and placed his forearm on his neck, all while the man was bleeding heavily from the severe head wound, in non resistance.
The Met Police have responded by dismissing all complaints.
The local community - mothers on the school run, strong men, passers by, did nothing. They judged and shamed the victim, assuming because he is black he must be guilty. They walked through the crime scene, more interested in blood on the sole of their shoes, than the soul of a man bleeding on the pavement.
I have become a pariah on the school run, they shame me too for association.
To address this inhumanity, desensitisation, this “othering” at the heart of racism, we have to be willing to look at the truth, to look at history objectively, and to look at ourselves. Where have we internalised racism? Where to we contribute to racism in our own lives and community?
We are all one. United we rise, United we can enact change. We can get justice. We can get Constable Merrick 2497NW charged and removed from the police force if we unite.
I urge anyone and everyone with social media, a platform, legal knowledge, political power, media contacts to like, share, repost, comment the footage on TikTok, YouTube, and on Instagram.
Let’s choose love ❤️
See you next week
Miranda
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