Institutional racism in the police?

From the mother's statement to the press
"I knew instantly why they didn't care. They didn't care because they looked at my daughter's address and thought they knew who she was.
"A black woman who lives on a council estate.
Race and class or what?

There are few facts known so far GrannyGravy, leastways few which have been reported publicly.

The selfie taking police officers were wrong and should be disciplined accordingly.

I am amazed about the amount of whataboutery on this thread, some of it by posters who are the first to call out other posters who in their opinion are guilty of whataboutery

We know what the Mother said in her interview (anyone who saw/listened to it should have been amazed at her dignity and elequence) other than that we only know what we have read in the papers, not sure whether they have all the facts either?

I knew I had fed your need trisher .

suziewoozie I always think people who have to post how dreadful their personal experiences have been on a news or politics thread, are just admitting their statements are unfounded and unacceptable, but you should feel sorry for them anyway.
Chewbacca there is racism. The photographs prove it. It is unlikely to be just two police officers (although they may be the scapegoats) they shared those photos with similar-minded people. So it's a culture and cultures. influence behaviour and actions.

Apologies for typos.

linked with class
That is getting into the realms of ridiculousness. You cannot out ethnic minorities into one class, trisher and you must know that.

As one was a senior social worker she must have worked with and known police officers.
The mother is an Archdeacon in the Church of England.

There are many of ethnic minority in the police force, n senior roles, others working with the police force - how does class come into this?

I think you may be trying to be deliberately provocative there.

2 black women are regarded as the sort who would go missing for a night. (because that's how black women behave

Pure conjecture and interpretation on your part trisher; no one said that, no one on here thinks that. Your determined to see racism on here aren't you?

I don’t know how that quote box appeared - it was unintentional

tickingbird When the police arrived the point is in this case no one arrived or even responded. And yes I do think that it is racist and probably also linked with class. 2 black women are regarded as the sort who would go missing for a night. (because that's how black women behave). Only in this case they were part of a very respectable supportive family.

lemongrove

Thank you Raficha ....much appreciated.

annie made comments that were beyond the pale and I’m not the only one that thinks so. I think Baggs post was dreadful too as she didn’t to find out what the issue with the photograph was before wading in. As usual on GN the tribes are our. There are posters who can do no wrong and are beyond criticism. whatever they post. No one on GN has a monopoly of pain and suffering and no one is beyond criticism or as a special immunity. Some just don’t use their own heartbreak an excuse.

Eloethan I won't quote all your long post but just reply to the police having more training re missing persons etc:

The calls go through to a call centre where a police call handler will listen and log the call, assess and prioritise. They get thousands of calls in a week and many from distressed people.

I think that so far, there are many facts of this case which we or even the police themselves do not know and a painstaking investigation will be undertaken. Unfortunately, the crime scene will have been compromised too.

The conduct of the two police officers is another issue and I hope they will be dealt with with the utmost severity. Yes, there does seem to be an element of sickening voyeurism around today as Anniebach has mentioned but the last people we think of indulging in this are police officers.

So asking to see the photographs of two murdered girls, and asking if they had been lynched isn't racist? You do realise lynching is linked directly to racist killings particularly in the US and that law enforcement officers were often involved?
Perhaps this might help
“The mob wanted the lynching to carry a significance that transcended the specific act of punishment,” wrote the historian Howard Smead in Blood Justice: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker. The mob “turned the act into a symbolic rite in which the black victim became the representative of his race and, as such, was being disciplined for more than a single crime … The deadly act was [a] warning [to] the black population not to challenge the supremacy of the white race.”

Trisher In all honesty I don’t believe the police would have sent an officer into the park at that stage if the women were white.

My youngest son was attacked by several black men and a woman when he was 18-19. It happened not far from home and when he managed to stagger to the back door and get me out of bed at 12.30am I thought he’d been stabbed. Covered in blood, shaking in shock. He had a hairline skull fracture, bad wound to the back of his head and defensive wounds to his hands.

When the police arrived they didn’t even bother going up the road to investigate even though we knew they were still there and which house they’d been partying at. I complained to my MP and had a senior officer round a week or two later to apologise.

My son could have been killed. As it was he was a week into his new career and he was off work for several weeks after and it affected his mental health badly.

Were those officers racist? My son’s white.

Community Policing

Back when I was a kid (1950s) we had community policing everyone knew the village bobby and he knew exactly what was going on. In the local town there were around 6 on duty at night with a sergeant in charge the police were visible and knew everyone and when any outsiders were around.

So that’s community policing, I’d vote for that returning but is that a realistic aim, at present the routine is catching up with crime if they can.

Anniebach Stay true to yourself.

Thank you Raficha ....much appreciated.

Lemongrove and Grannygravy I totally agree with your posts,

trisher I will not apologise for asking a question which was in no way racist or uncaring .

GrannyGravy they won’t upset me, I am use to them.

Anniebach

Thank you timetogo. The O/P asked a question and I have
given my opinions to the question. I have not launched personal attacks on posters who are soooo caring they launch
personal attacks.

For the record, yes I am a mother who is grieving, I am the
widow of a police officer who was murdered , I am a woman
who suffered the grief and anger of a loved black man murdered in apartheid South Africa.

I experienced racists taunts when in England because I was
with a black man .

I met and talked with the widow of P.C. Blakelock.

This will give my critics more to mock. I don’t give a fig.

Please do not let the personal attacks get to you.

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suziewoozie

Ass annie is a bereaved mother, her comments are frankly even more.reprehensible. Your own grief does not give you a get out of jail card to trample over the grief of others.

Lovely eh?!
I can’t imagine what you gain by this comment suziew !

Granmanat your post to Annie is way off the mark and frankly despicable.
suziew..... as usual you have waded in with both feet clad in bovver boots and your posts are ridiculous.There are no racist posts on this thread so why are you stirring the pot?!
Of course this thread should not be deleted or ‘looked at’ in any way.

Thank you timetogo. The O/P asked a question and I have
given my opinions to the question. I have not launched personal attacks on posters who are soooo caring they launch
personal attacks.

For the record, yes I am a mother who is grieving, I am the
widow of a police officer who was murdered , I am a woman
who suffered the grief and anger of a loved black man murdered in apartheid South Africa.

I experienced racists taunts when in England because I was
with a black man .

I met and talked with the widow of P.C. Blakelock.

This will give my critics more to mock. I don’t give a fig.