I Note They Don't Say Exactly What It Will Make Them 'More Vulnerable' To...

Plans to disclose the ethnicity and immigration status of criminal suspects in the UK have been condemned by race campaigners for setting a dangerous precedent for “dog-whistle politics”, which will make “Black and brown communities more vulnerable”.

To what? Those who don’t come into contact with the criminal justice system won’t have anything to worry about, so why should anyone concern themselves with those who do, since they got there by being criminals? 

The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has welcomed new police guidelines released on Wednesday which encourage forces to release the race and nationality of those charged in high-profile cases. It is meant to combat misinformation on social media, which spread last summer after the murder of three schoolgirls in Southport. False information about the killer’s nationality, religion and asylum status fuelled widespread unrest throughout the country.

It is, of course, all the usual suspects who are raging about it, which tells you a lot. Just look at this line-up of grotesques:

Enny Choudhury, the co-head of legal at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, said: “Releasing the ethnicity of everyone suspected of serious crimes will … simply fuel mistrust, deepen divisions, and make Black and brown communities more vulnerable to prejudice and harm. “Some point to cases like Southport, where rumours were quashed by releasing specific information. But building a blanket policy around this is dangerous. It turns race into a variable in policing and public debate – when we know the vast majority of serious crimes, including sexual offences, are committed by white men."

Followed by yet another cosy clique: 

Peter Herbert, from the Society of Black Lawyers, questioned the role of the police around issues of ethnicity and nationality when forces still face allegations of institutional racism.

And finally, an example of where it all started to go wrong for the police in this country: 

The former Metropolitan police chief superintendent Dal Babu has warned of the “unintended consequences” of the new guidance, which he said could lead to more online speculation in cases where these details are not released. “The danger is there will be an expectation for police to release information on every single occasion,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

That’s three people who’s opinion on race should be discounted immediately , since they are all race hustlers extraordinaire.