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Magistrates With Criminal Records?? All In The Name Of Diversity.
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//But Mr Bache defended those with minor criminal records.....It also appeared to rule out people who have committed a number of minor offences, been banned from driving in the past five to ten years or declared bankrupt.//
If driving bans and bankruptcy are out, what does he consider to be a minor criminal record?
If driving bans and bankruptcy are out, what does he consider to be a minor criminal record?
/// He also agreed with Labour MP David Lammy's report last year that noted the lack of black and ethnic minority magistrates. ///
/// He stressed: 'If you see three white faces, as Lammy pointed out, and you're from an ethnic minority, the perception may be that they're not on your side. ///
And that could also apply if one is white and facing three black faces on the bench.
/// He stressed: 'If you see three white faces, as Lammy pointed out, and you're from an ethnic minority, the perception may be that they're not on your side. ///
And that could also apply if one is white and facing three black faces on the bench.
I think Mr Bache is addressing two separate issues, and he has been careless in bracketing them together, with the attendant fuss that this has caused.
Firstly he wants to encourage a greater proportion of magistrates from ethnic minorities, and also encourage a younger demographic, to replace the rapidly ageing population who are now retiring.
Secondly, he wants to advise that a minor infringement, such as one incident of teenage shoplifting for example, would not necessarily bar a potential candidate, although each individual would be assessed carefully.
What he has done is created the impression that any black youth with a record as long as his arm can rock up and start letting all his criminal friends off with a wave and a tenner from petty cash for the cab home.
It's a gift to the media who delight in slanting something to make it read as rather different than it actually is - but that is what sells papers.
Firstly he wants to encourage a greater proportion of magistrates from ethnic minorities, and also encourage a younger demographic, to replace the rapidly ageing population who are now retiring.
Secondly, he wants to advise that a minor infringement, such as one incident of teenage shoplifting for example, would not necessarily bar a potential candidate, although each individual would be assessed carefully.
What he has done is created the impression that any black youth with a record as long as his arm can rock up and start letting all his criminal friends off with a wave and a tenner from petty cash for the cab home.
It's a gift to the media who delight in slanting something to make it read as rather different than it actually is - but that is what sells papers.
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/// What he has done is created the impression that any black youth with a record as long as his arm can rock up and start letting all his criminal friends off with a wave and a tenner from petty cash for the cab home. ///
It is on is only that is giving that impression, regarding black criminals.
Who says it couldn't be any white youth with a record as long as your arm?
Hence it is you, and only you, that is giving the impression that only black youths tend to be criminals, shame on you.
/// What he has done is created the impression that any black youth with a record as long as his arm can rock up and start letting all his criminal friends off with a wave and a tenner from petty cash for the cab home. ///
It is on is only that is giving that impression, regarding black criminals.
Who says it couldn't be any white youth with a record as long as your arm?
Hence it is you, and only you, that is giving the impression that only black youths tend to be criminals, shame on you.
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