>He is only saying that the police are not totally racist, maybe only a bit Let's not be facetious here, shall we? He said that we don't know that racism is a

>He is only saying that the police are not totally racist, maybe only a bit Let's not be facetious here, shall we? He said that we don't know that racism is a major problem in police forces. In fact, we do know that; the structural racism is what many people are protesting against. Structural racism manifests itself in the rules and protocols, in traditions and patterns in actions. To say that it is a major problem does not imply that the majority of individual policemen are racists. What it means is that the black people are disproportionately affected by the negative effects of policing, including brutality. To say that "we don't know that" is unacceptable ignorance for a public figurehead of a reputable institution. Because we do know that.