Britain | Ethnicity and politics
Black Lives Matter in Northern Ireland
The province’s own brand of ethnic politics leaves no room for other sorts
THE SERIOUS CRIME ACT is mostly used against big-time gangsters, but on July 30th Tura Arutura, a musician who has choreographed some exuberant peace events, was interviewed at a police station on the ground that he might have broken that law. He was told he was suspected of “abetting an offence” by addressing a Black Lives Matter protest in Belfast on June 6th.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Green or orange, not black”
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