Sunday, January 08, 2006

Sarwar: police too scared of Asian gangs / Sunday Times, 8 Jan 2006

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-1975682,00.html
Mark Macaskill ; Jim McBeth
"THE Macpherson report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence has led to a politically correct backlash with police afraid to investigate black and Asian crime for fear of being accused of racism, according to one of Britain's most prominent Muslim MPs.
The reluctance of police to tackle ethnic criminals has allowed gangs to operate with impunity in areas of Scotland, the north of England and parts of London. Sarwar claims that black and Asian communities are as much the victims of this criminal activity as white people and he wants police forces to use a zero-tolerance approach to smash the gangs. "