Josef K wrote:
Clearly it is a shame they haven't moved sooner to correct things. After all, it is often said that community can only be effectively Policed with the consent of the community and by representatives of that community.
Certainly be interesting to work out what those 'correct things' might look like.
Maybe they could take notice of the examples of ethnically sensitive policing that have worked so well in the UK. Suspension of stop and search in Brixton increasing street crime rates by 30%, Muslim militias freely enforcing Sharia in Tower Hamlets, or the procedures of the Rotherham Police and Social Services that allowed 1400 girls to be subject to rape, prostitution, and worse, completely undefended so as not to cause a threat to 'community cohesion' the Police completely paralysed, and the Home Office worker who blew the whistle sent on a diversity course and then threatened with the sack when they refused to change their report?
Or maybe, a little closer to home, join forces with the Atlanta PD, who have a much worse record than them both in terms of S&S and arrest and conviction of ethnic minorities, despite having nearly 60% of their rank and file strength African-American.
Or of course, an attack of common sense might break out, people in high crime areas might realise that robust or even zero tolerance policing is in their interest.
But I doubt the professionally offended, those who seek political advantage in racial tension, or just those who benefit from a lower level of police scrutiny are going to let that happen any time soon