Labour MP Dawn Butler shares video with ‘celebratory collage’ of murderers and rapists
Labour MP shares video with ‘celebratory collage’ of murderers and rapists
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A Labour MP has come under fire for sharing a video that features a collage of black power activists who have been convicted of murder and rape.
Dawn Butler, the MP for Brent East, faced criticism when she shared a video yesterday that appears to be timed to celebrate Black History Month.
In spoken verse, she refers to an unnamed foe as being “the wrong one, the violent one, the weird one,” before saying that she is “the Chosen One, Because I am of the First Ones.”
In the Spectator magazine, Melanie McDonagh said: “What I think she is saying is that because human civilisation originated in Africa and her own ethnic origins are African … she is a cut above the rest of us.”
Dawn Butler posted the video to her X account
The footage attracted widespread criticism on X, with critics describing it as racist and offensive.
GB News can now reveal that the post also included stills of controversial black American activists and criminals.
The video includes portraits of cop-killing fugitive Assata Shakur and controversial Nation of Islam figure Khalid Abdul Muhammad.
Shakur is one of the FBI’s so-called "Most Wanted Terrorists" after she escaped custody in 1979 following a conviction for murdering a police officer.
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Muhammad gave a speech in 1993 in which he referred to Jews as the “bloodsuckers” of blacks and called the Pope a “no-good cracker”.
He also called for all white South Africans to be murdered after a 24-hour warning period.
The clip also includes a still of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who murdered Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981.
Several leaders of the Black Panther movement also feature in the footage, named below, while “my skin is my protection” is shown across the screen as Butler continues her spoken verse.
The footage also appears to glorify Eldridge Cleaver, a convicted serial rapist, who considered raping white women an “insurrectionary act”.
Dawn Butler posted the to celebrate Black History Month
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In his 1968 book Soul on Ice, a collection of essays written while imprisoned, he said: “It delighted me that I was defying and trampling upon the white man's law, upon his system of values, and that I was defiling his women - and this point, I believe was the most satisfying to me because I was very resentful over the historical fact of how the white man has used the black woman.”
He continued: “I felt I was getting revenge. From the site of the act of rape, consternation spreads outwardly in concentric circles. I wanted to send waves of consternation throughout the white race.”
The video also includes portraits of less controversial black American figures, such as Martin Luther King Jr and leading conservative theorist Thomas Sowell.
Since publishing, Butler has deleted and re-uploaded her spoken verse video, with the portraits of the convicted rapists murderers removed.
The MP for Brent East has also published a statement, outlining that she "strongly opposes" their views and actions.
Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert, director of anti-racist campaign group Don’t Divide Us, said the footage was “offensive rubbish” and questioned the Government’s silence on the matter.
“Her ‘celebratory collage’ includes American activists who have been convicted of murder, rape, and openly espoused antisemitism.
“This is an elected British MP uncritically and publicly endorsing criminals and racial thinking. The American civil rights movement deserved better, and so do we.”
She added: “Butler is saying black people are superior to white people.
“It is good that she has exposed her racism for us to see. The Government’s silence on this speaks volumes about its cynical use of racism/anti-racism to police the words of many while giving free reign to the likes of Butler.
“If Black History Month gives a green light to this offensive rubbish, it's high time for it to go.”
Reform MP Lee Anderson said: “This revelation is quite honestly gobsmacking. Standards for MPs are quite rightly set very high and this falls way below what’s expected, even from a Labour MP.
“For Dawn Butler to feature cop killing fugitives in her video really is beyond the pale and action now must be taken by Labour.
“This divisive nonsense has no place in British politics.”
The Labour Party declined to comment, GB News has separately reached out to Dawn Butler.