Manchester police stop carnival bans after legal threat over ‘racist targeting’

Force has previously sent letters to people it claimed to have identified as members of gangs or ‘perceived to be associated’ with themGreater Manchester police will not be sending letters to individuals banning them from attending Manchester’s Caribbean carnival this year after a legal challenge.GMP was accused of using “deeply racist” tactics last year after it issued a number of letters banning dozens of people from a Caribbean carnival event because they had bee