Witches Sale: Four for a pound!

Sorry but at around 13:30GMT  on 27/4/12 I'm beginning to think I might have overdone it at Friday prayers.

Anyway yesterday (26/4/12) an Inspector in London's Metropolitan (Met) Police was arrested for racially abusing a black man in north London. This is just the latest in a series of similar stories recently. So much so they sort of blur into one.

Anyway the reason for this is that although London's (Met) police improved dramatically in terms of race relations following  the Stephan Lawerence murder/McPhearson report - especially in terms of recruiting more officers from ethnic minorities - a large part of the institutional racism was simply driven underground. However when the Labour government was replaced in 2010 with the current Conservative government a lot of the racists in the Met felt the ban had been lifted and they could get away with whatever they wanted. Then the August 2011 riots happened and senior figures in the State/Met/Government realised that although the Crown the Judiciary and Parliament would let them get away with it there would still be consequences. Sending out this message so loudly and clearing feels to me like the State/Met/Government giving positive re-enforcement to the rioters. Also yesterday the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) released video of the moments after the shooting by police of Mark Duggan in Tottenham that sparked the August 2011 riots.

Today (27/4/12) we've got some sort of siege going on on Tottenham Court Road in Central London. So actually thinking about it maybe this is me being put on trial. In which case it's nice to be informed in advance.

Anyway at around 13:40 I think that's earned a pint.