MORE than 50 people attended a public meeting about police conduct when arresting people of colour, organisers say.
Chaka Artwell, Secretary of the Oxford African Caribbean Conversation, says there are concerns about 'inflicting a level of violence which contributes to death'.
He said religious representatives, a councillor and the sister of Adam Stanmore, whose death following an arrest is being investigated, attended the Monday event at New Testament Church of God, in Cowley.
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Thames Valley Police declined to comment.
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