Have you seen a person? We’re looking for a person that did something.
Police chiefs have been accused of putting political correctness ahead of public safety after issuing an appeal for witnesses following a sex attack – but failing to mention that the wanted man was wearing women’s clothing.
Hertfordshire police called for public help after a victim was left traumatised by a late-night assault in Bishop’s Stortford in December.
But they made no reference to the attacker’s gender or appearance, saying only they wanted to hear about ‘anyone acting suspiciously in the area’.
It was not until after a man was charged on May 27 over the assault that detectives made those details public.
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In a recent briefing for local newspapers, a senior officer confirmed that they were aware that the alleged attacker was a man wearing women’s clothing but told reporters they should report the information ‘sensitively… in terms of the LGBT+ community’.
Asking for the journalists’ help in persuading other possible victims to come forward, Detective Inspector Justine Jenkins of the regional major crime unit explained: ‘We need people to feel comfortable in reporting these matters to police so it is absolutely vital that any coverage of the case in the media is handled supportively and sensitively, both in terms of the male victim and of the LGBT+ community.
‘We do not want to be in a situation where members of the gay or trans communities in particular are being targeted by hurtful comments or actions as a result of this information being released.
‘We would ask that you please take this into consideration when preparing any coverage and ensure you are regularly monitoring or removing any offensive comments posted on social media.’
Can you even imagine a serious country like China or Russia having their police issue appeals for witnesses that saw somebody do something?
But the real takeaway here isn’t that the LGBT+ “community” is getting some kind of preferential treatment by the police, but that considering all of the recent George Floyd and Black Lives Matter stuff, the police are highly likely to act this way towards people of color from now on.
Black people may soon be able to commit crimes freely and the police will just ask for witnesses that saw “somebody doing something suspicious” without ever mentioning the color of the skin, because only racists mention skin color or details that can help identify a particular individual.