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Racial profiling
Ali Dizaei's comments will
relieve everyone who despairs when the "war on terror" is
used as a pretext for peddling stereotypes.
Race-based policing has well-documented racist effects. London's black
population is four times more likely to be stopped than whites - but
the arrest rate resulting from these stops is almost the same at
around 10 per cent.
Race doesn't indicate guilt, but our policies make some races more
likely to be unfairly detained.
Dr Shahrar Ali, NW9
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