Race and the police: No quick fix

From The Economist print edition An ugly public row sees London’s police force accused of being racist. Is it? WHEN he was posted to the London borough of Lewisham in April 1973, David Michael was the first black constable ever to walk the beat there. “It was a different time,” he says. “The police were like an occupying army.” Relations between coppers and the community have been transformed since then, he... [read full story]