Two young black men held at gun-point by police in Liverpool

Merseyside Police have been accused of racism after footage emerged of armed officers pointing guns at two young black men in Toxteth, LiverpoolThe videos, which circulated on twitter, captured an incident on Mulgrave Street at around 9.30pm on Monday (29 June). The video shows the two young men being stopped in the street, with officers aiming assault rifles directly at them. The force says it was responding to reports a man had been seen carrying a gun at around 9.30pm, and matched a description officers had been give

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