A major new survey released today reveals that a third of Britons believe police treat people from ethnic minority backgrounds more favourably than white individuals. The polling suggests concerns about so-called two-tier policing have grown sharply in recent years.
Survey findings
The survey of 2,087 people by More In Common found that 34% of respondents believed ethnic minorities received preferential treatment from police, a proportion that has doubled in the past two years. This compares with 21% who said white people were treated more favourably.
The findings come amid an outcry over the police response to the murder of Henry Nowak in Southampton last December. The 18-year-old student was handcuffed by police officers who ignored his pleas that he had been stabbed as he lay dying after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, claimed to have been the victim of a racist attack.
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