To think if your police force is 80% white

[Blackmamma]

If your police force is 80% white and the people who live their are 47% black it's just a matter of time before bad things happen

North Charleston is the third-largest city in South Carolina, with more than 100,000 residents, about 47% of whom are African American and 37% white.

The police department, however, is more than 80% white and has disproportionately pulled over black drivers in recent years, records show.

In 2010, black drivers were involved in 65% of all traffic stops that did not result in a ticket or arrest, or about 25,000 stops. Then-police chief Jon Zumalt justified the stops as a means to bring down

this I frightening

I think we do have this issue to a lesser extent in London however I don't think its so much about race in London it's more about the officers not being from London

Want2b had an excellent post.

Having been to Charleston the divide between black and white is startling. Not even remotely comparable to London. I agree it is more about rich and poor made more evident by colour.

And of course preferring local applicants will lead to one outcome in London but a very different outcome in (say) Devon and Cornwall. Which is as it should be.

Blackmamma Isn't it just horrible that your take on matters RE: Police in South Carolina was almost a premonition?!!

Yes I agree op.

it's just a matter of time before bad things happen

I can't get past this highly offensive comment, tbh. You seem to be starting from some kind of ridiculous assumption that if you were born with white skin then you are born racist ?!?

You wouldn't have seen mixed couples out like that.

I disagree. I am not sure how long ago you heard this statement about the US, but it's just not generally true now. I live in the Deep South. You see mixed race couples out and about just like other couples. We have a mixed race couple in our family.