| Richard Okorogheye mother on BBC news 18:26 - Apr 8 with 354 views | britferry |
She just said "The Met Police responded slowly because of his race, as he was black."
His disappearance was all over the national news for a few days before they found his body in a lake in Epping Forest.
Sorry for the loss but please don't play the race card, coz I haven't seen any other missing children on the national press recently, so they tried their best. |  |
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| Richard Okorogheye mother on BBC news on 18:36 - Apr 8 with 333 views | Lohengrin |
He was an adult, wasn’t he? Nineteen. I don’t imagine any constabulary, in any UK area, drops everything and starts running around because a grown man doesn’t come home.
The mother’s grieving so the lashing out is understandable, I suppose. |  |
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| Richard Okorogheye mother on BBC news on 18:37 - Apr 8 with 326 views | onehunglow |
Times like These. | |
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| Richard Okorogheye mother on BBC news on 19:04 - Apr 8 with 297 views | Catullus |
The only people who they will treat better are those from the right family background. If you are a rich and famous family or come from a "professional" background they'll be straight out, if you are an ethnic minority, poor, from a "bad" family you'll take your turn in the queue.
It's not worse treatment because he's black, it;s the normal treatment because you aren't from the higher echelons of society.
Call me cynical.... | |
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