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Osem · 22-09-2008, 14:16

Yes the Police get a lot of unfair stick IMO. The other day I heard a guy on the radio bemoaning the 'fact' that too many young black males are being stopped and searched for 'no good reason'. His contention was that it's all about racism yet nobody asked him what he felt the police should be doing to try to prevent more senseless murders in his community - a very high proportion of the vicitms and/or perpetrators of this particular type of crime are black after all. I think the police are in between a rock and a very hard place. They have been badly let down by the government and have an impossible juggling job to do given the resources/manpower they have and the bureaucracy/restrictions imposed upon them from above.

22-09-2008, 14:16	#137
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" Yes the Police get a lot of unfair stick IMO. The other day I heard a guy on the radio bemoaning the 'fact' that too many young black males are being stopped and searched for 'no good reason'. His contention was that it's all about racism yet nobody asked him what he felt the police should be doing to try to prevent more senseless murders in his community - a very high proportion of the vicitms and/or perpetrators of this particular type of crime are black after all. I think the police are in between a rock and a very hard place. They have been badly let down by the government and have an impossible juggling job to do given the resources/manpower they have and the bureaucracy/restrictions imposed upon them from above.