Duggan Case

[Niall]

I still think you're wrong about the treatment of ethnic minorities though. Racism is still rife in this country, and I'm sure the police are better than most segments of society, but I still think it's fair to say that minorities are treated unfairly by the authorities. You also have to look further back to why there are more black youths committing crime, and that's due to their socio-economic backgrounds, stemming from their disadvantages in employment and careers, which is at least in part due to racism. It's a bit of a chicken and egg argument, but the more marginalised those committing crime feel, the more likely they are to commit crime, and so that feeds the statistics, it's a vicious cycle.

Sorry but IMO, thats rubbish. Do you honestly think in these days when everything has to be politically correct, black people are unemployed because people don't want them just because they are black? Your saying that its more black youths committing crime yet in areas like Tottenham for example, there is a high population of black people so in this area, yes it is going to seem like its just crime and violence from black youths but in reality, if you compare the figures to a similar sized area which might be a area mainly populated by the Polish, you would probably find that the amount of people committing crime is similar yet it won't be black youths as a majority, it will be polish people.