TY - JOUR T1 - BLM, population health, and policing JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 448 LP - 448 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X712361 VL - 70 IS - 698 AU - Margaret Atim-Oluk Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/698/448.abstract N2 - We have witnessed several recent anti-racist demonstrations, in the main organised by BLM (Black Lives Matter), a US non-profit organisation with the aims of ending ‘state-sanctioned violence’, ‘black liberation’, and ending ‘white supremacy’ forever.The anti-racist demonstrations arose in the US from the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in police custody following a police stop and search. Similar cases, in which unarmed black people have died as part of police stop and searches, in police custody, or as part of police raids, are currently being re-evaluated in response to the protests. This has already resulted in change in police legislation across different states in the US, with bans on no-knock search warrants in Kentucky1 and state police chokeholds in New York state.2I wondered why people were protesting about race issues in the UK when there seemed to be a much … ER -