London Police Target Black Men To Boost Arrests Just in case you thought police targeting Black and Brown people was a uniquely American issue…just know that brothers and sisters in the UK are going through it as well. Via RT : Metropolitan Police officers “routinely discriminate against black people” in stop-and-search operations in the British capital, according to Scotland Yard’s new head of diversity. Speaking to the Evening Standard, Victor Olisa said it is accepted practice in the force to stop young black men to try and boost arrest rates for drugs such as cannabis, while officers turned a blind eye to white men who may be carrying cocaine. Olisa, 57, one of Scotland Yard’s most senior black officers, said the discrimination was driven by performance, rather than racism. If drugs were found, the officer would repeat the same process to get the results, he said. “You end up building a process and a stereotype. The cop on the ground is just doing it because of what he or she thinks is right, they are not doing it because they are racist. “But when you look at the accumulated data you see massive disproportionality. I think that’s where we get lost.” He said officers should continue to carry out stop-and-search based on intelligence and “be able to explain as an individual why you stopped Joe Bloggs.” The Black Lives Matter movement, which formally launched in the UK this year, says black people are 37 percent times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people and three times more likely to be arrested by white people. Black people have been overrepresented by more than a factor of two for deaths in police custody since 1998, it says. SMH!!! Wish we could say we were at all shocked to read this one…but it seems that the fight to get officials to realize that Black Lives Matter is a worldwide one. Creative Commons
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London Police Chief Admits Force Targets Black Men To Make Their Arrest Quotas
