Black barrister was told ‘it’s not for defendants’ at London court car park

A Black barrister who won an OBE in June for youth knife crime prevention says an incident at an east London court car park exposes racism's deep roots in the legal system. Per The Guardian, Stephen Akinsanya was told by a security guard he couldn't park there because 'it's not for defendants'—a statement he interprets as revealing the prejudicial assumptions even accomplished professionals face in Britain's courts.

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