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Abstract
On 31 May 2021, a 14-year-old Black boy was racially abused, chased through the street by a white mob, and fatally stabbed in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Dea-John Reid’s family and friends had the hope that the trial in 2022 would result in a racially aggravated murder conviction. However, a jury with no Black members dropped the racism charges, acquitted most of the defendants and convicted the main suspect of manslaughter. As this article shows, the ‘Justice 4 Dea-John Reid’ campaign’s dark sousveillance challenged the jury’s white innocence by publicly re-examining and re-narrating key CCTV evidence used in the trial through a critical Black gaze. Driven by the critical hope for a more inclusive and diverse justice system, the JFDJR campaign is proposing concrete steps to improve how suspected racism cases in the UK are handled.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 45-61 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Somatechnics: Journal of Bodies – Technologies – Power |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 31 Mar 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgments:This research has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 851329 – UrbTerr).
Keywords
- Dea-John Reid
- racism
- UK
- dark sousveillance
- CCTV video footage
- white innocence
- jury trial
- Justice
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- Cultural Studies
- Urban Studies
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