‘We want justice’: parents protest after Carlisle schoolboy racially abused

Parents and supporters gather outside school after video filmed last week showed abuse of black pupil

“We are here today to give our children confidence that parents have their back,” said Paul, speaking outside a school in Carlisle that has become the centre of a race attack storm. “We are saying ‘don’t be afraid’. We need to nip these things in the bud now. Things are getting out of hand.”

Paul was one of about 30 black parents and supporters outside the school on Monday morning. They were angry and wanted answers after a black pupil there was subjected to abhorrent and distressing racial abuse.