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Originally Posted by ianch99
The term "two-tier policing" is gaining traction on (social) media seemingly to try and convince the wider population that the nice white gentlemen we see on our news reports are being hard done by and other, equally culpable, miscreants of an alternate ethnic persuasion are getting away with it.
An interesting article on this myth: How myth of two-tier policing helped spread trouble in Southport
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An interesting spin on the reality that 1400 to 2000 (estimates vary) of underage girls, largely white, were systematically raped over the best part of two decades by Muslim men who the authorities were afraid to pursue because of their ethnicity.
Accusations of two tier policing, unsurprisingly, happen when policing is race-based.
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Every successful conspiracy theory has a kernel of truth. The failure of councils and police forces to join the dots between a series of Asian grooming gangs operating in northern towns in the 1990s and 2000s, for fear of inflaming political tensions, is still corrosive to trust in police among white working-class communities and continues to be exploited by far-right leaders.
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An inconvenient truth the establishment - media, politicians and the police - are more than happy to gloss over and feign surprise when people are unhappy about it.
The easiest way, of course, to avoid accusations of two tier policing is not to implement it. Something the article seems oblivious to.
Also entertaining is the lack of self-awareness among those who are calling for two tier policing to be part of the solution.