On 18 Dec 2020 at 00:22:43 GMT, "The Natural Philosopher"
wrote:

On 17/12/2020 18:49, charles wrote:
In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:
On 17 Dec 2020 at 18:15:05 GMT, Robin wrote:

FTAOD I am not denying that many American police have problems, just
seeking the basis for "what everybody knows".

The problems the US has in this regard are structural. Start with the
fact that in the UK (pop: 65M) there are 43 or so police forces. Then
note that in the US, (pop: 350M or so, so 5 times as many, give or take)
there are more than 15,000 separate police forces.

Tiny police forces is a recipe for bias.

But even our police forces behave in a racist way - including the largest

No, they don't.
Who told you that?
Black Lives Matter?

It does seem to be the official, if regretted, view of the Metropolitan
Police.

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Roger Hayter