Call to search more black people
More black people must be searched to stop gun crime, according to the head of the Black Police Association.
Keith Jarrett, outgoing president of the National Black Police Association (NBPA), is expected to press for police to use a stop and search approach with people from black communities in a speech at the NBPA’s annual conference in Bristol this Wednesday.
Though Mr Jarrett’s remarks are opposed to the NBPA’s official stance, he said: “The black community is telling me we have to… look at this”, reports the Observer.
Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei, the NBPA’s legal adviser, criticised Mr Jarrett’s remarks, telling the BBC that increasing the use of stop and search would be “wrong”.
“I think that will increase tension in the black community,” Mr Dizaei said.
“Simply saying, ‘Let’s go out there and stop more black people’ is ill conceived.”
source: inthenews
