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The avowed aims of the British arm of Black Lives Matter are revealed: Abolish the police, smash capitalism… and close all prisons

Who are Black Lives Matter? Where did they come from and what, exactly, do they believe in?

These may seem silly questions. But in a month when Premier League footballers have joined Sir Keir Starmer and other British celebrities in ‘taking the knee’ to express their ‘collective support for the Black Lives Matter movement’, it is important that we ask them.

Ask most people who have protested on Britain’s streets following the killing of George Floyd and you will probably get one of two answers.

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First, they will tell you that Black Lives Matter is a group appalled by police brutality against people of colour.