| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:New Olympic events rumoured . . . | |
| Posted by: | Shao-Ying Ben-Nathan | |
| Date/Time: | 10/08/11 22:38:00 |
| I am originally from Tottenham and was a child there during the 80s watching Broadwater Farm burn from my house, but even I knew and saw how young black and ethnic men were treated by the police(yes I realise not all coppers even then were not racist). Relations were very poor, there was a lot of mistrust and anger on both sides which exploded into the riots. It wasn't the right way to deal with things but the reasons for rioting back then were different from now (although I still think it demonstrates real problems with our society). I have a good friend who is a PC now so am certainly not anti police in any way but you are wrong about the 80s. |