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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd, Steven Morris and Peter Walker

Police chief warns anti-white bias claims could drive UK policing ‘back to 60s’

A line of riot police in helmets and high-visibility vests hold shields amid purple and orange smoke
Police clash with protesters in Southampton. The killing of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old university student, has sparked a nationwide debate about policing. Photograph: Christopher Walls/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

Policing could be driven back to the 1960s by false claims officers are biased against white people, the leader of Britain’s black officers has said.

Ch Insp Andy George, president of the National Black Police Association, spoke out amid growing concerns that politicians such as Nigel Farage were stoking tensions around the murder of teenager Henry Nowak by making baseless and provocative claims.

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