The Times wrote:A partial transcript of an exchange between a police officer and a 16-year-old boy in West London last February, captured on the boy's mobile phone recorder. The officer has been suspended, pending an inquiry.
Youth: "Why do you keep stopping me anyway?"
PC: Don't tell me to f*** off. You know why, It's because you're a f***** rapist and I hate you.
Youth: Why are you calling me a rapist for? What are you saying that for? Are you... laughing? What's wrong with you? What are you saying that for?
PC: Shut the f*** up.
Youth: Hey, don't be silly, Hey, what did you say? Sorry go on, go on, go on.
PC: If you say one more f****** word, I'll smash your f****** Arab face in. Do you understand?
Youth: Just leave me alone, man.
PC: Just shut the f*** up, you c***, otherwise I'm going to smash your f****** face in. [Laughter] 'Cause you're a f****** robbing, raping arsehole.
PC: You won't swear at me again, sunshine, and this isn't one that you won't f****** get off of at court because I'll write it up properly.
when i heard this on the news today, i was shocked. i'd like to think that such outbursts are isolated cases, but are they?
do any fellow metropollers have tails of police racism or other ignorance?
is it any wonder the hardly anybody has respect for the police anymore? one of my friends reported a drunk driver to our local force just a few weeks ago and the police never turned up. i wonder if we said, "hey, we've got an arab here for you to kick the shit out of - fancy coming along?" they'd have come out?
also, why can't you report a a crime to crime stoppers from a mobile?