I’m not agreeing with what was said but when I read the quote from the article I can’t help but think that things have been blown out of proportion a wee bit.

“The problem with you is you will always be a n*****, yeah?”

That part is racist. When you strip the quotation into parts, there’s no question this is a racist comment. But then the officer follows it up with telling the person to be proud of who he is, to be proud of his colour and to not hide behind his skin colour.

Police officers will try and connect with the person they’re questioning. It relaxes the people so they might talk more. What the quote screams to me is that maybe the officer was using the term because the person openly uses it. Maybe it was the officers way of using the persons own language in order to make that connection to get him to talk?

Obviously I haven’t a clue but you need to look at the quote as a whole. He unfortunately used a racist term but if the “n” word wasn’t there and he said ‘The problem with you is you will always be black, yeah?’ It adds a new meaning to it. I honestly feel that even though a racially abusive term was used, the officer wasn’t being racist. The thought I get from it is that he or she is implying that the person is using their colour as an excuse to commit crime (assuming a crime was committed) and that the officer is just trying to say that colour is no barrier, be proud of it and achieve what you want. It’s not colour holding the person back, it’s the persons mentality.

We don’t see the full picture from the above quote. Either way, whether I’m right or not, I disagree with a member of law enforcement using a racially abusive term….Sorry for another LONG comment :-)

I disagree David, I have lived in London for 14 years and it is (in my opinion) one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. You hear almost every language/dialect there is as you walk around. That said, you get racist fools, whatever their colour, no matter where you go.

I really wish we could all get along.

How could that be racism??? PC crap gone crazy!!!

Sounds like he was making the exact same point as this horrible racist right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51vFbsZkhXU&feature=related

Can’t believe no-one has made the “PC gone mad” pun yet!!

hmm did he cop he was bein recorded? first n second quote r quiet the opposite ????

Gavin, the word commas does not need an apostrophe. They are only used to highlight ommisions as in “could’nt”, or in the possesive, as in “Joe’s diner”. Dont jump on someone about their english unless you can use it yourself to at least a secondary school standard you pompus ass.

I was in london for 2 years and its the most racist city I was ever in the police are definitly racist They called me racist names when I was stopped for parking problem I complained to the police station with the service numbers of the police but they said they wasnt on duty at the time My solicitor told me that the police officers swap numbers so its very hard to pin them down and also very hard to prove it.

As a black person i am not surprised. i see and feel racism EVERY DAY…..on television, in the news reports, in news papers. this filthy mouthed police officer is not unusual……im sure there are many who think the same but keep it in their little racist circle or in their minds. we are humanaoid to many and will never be human.

Did he really say this racist comment? Unbelievable! Wonder what if his wife & kids know this? If so, it would be a massive shocking to them!