Andy Hughes

And the idea that poor Henry had that same experience is again just sickening.

One of the big problems I'm being told is that a lot of these responding officers are quite junior, have less than five years experience.

And some of the weak ones, I'm told, may, because they're being told constantly that they are institutionally racist, they may subconsciously do everything they can to avoid being called racist.

Now, this may have happened in this case, but the IOPC will have to see where that goes.

Well, absolutely not.

So my phone was lighting up at around 8.30 this morning from several police officers who were frankly totally pissed off at what Nigel Farage had said.

He said that police officers, all police officers effectively, are told to treat people differently based on their ethnicity.

I'm sorry, that's absolute nonsense.

In fact, they're told the opposite.

They're told to deal with people without fear or favour.

Now, clearly in this case, it seems as though that wasn't followed, right?

However, the big fear here is that what Nigel Farage said could stoke hatred, not only against minority communities, but also against the police.

And this is not based on fact.

If you actually look at the cold hard facts, you're twice as more likely to be arrested if you're black.

You're four times more likely to be stopped in search if you're black.

So what he's saying is not based in fact.

And as sure as night follows day, Tommy Robinson has asked his supporters to go to Southampton tonight.

Yeah.

And I think this comes down to, from all the police officers I've spoken to, they are horrified by what they saw in that body cam footage.

they seem to come to the conclusion that these were very junior officers who are terrified of being labelled racist because police officers throughout history have been labelled as institutionally racist.