Police No Longer Allowed To Use Descriptions Of Criminals

And the fear of racism continues to show just how overly-sensitive society has become. However I am thankful to say that this story does not come from Texas, in fact it does not even come from the US. It comes from Sweden.

An internal letter from the Stockholm police stated how the department should inform the public of crimes. Everything from lighter traffic incidents to more major crimes like muggings, beatings and murder. The letter said that the department should not use basic information such as ethnicity, nationality, skin color and height (yeah, even HEIGHT!) as descriptions.

“We want to avoid pointing out ethnic groups as criminal,” said Wolf Gyllander, a Stockholm police press officer.

The letter states: “Criticism is sometimes made against police regarding information about people’s skin colour. It is perceived as racist. As police are not racist, nor shall be constructed as so, this directive now applied.”

The biggest word that jumps out at me in that line is "perceived". Not actual racism. The perception of racism. This makes absolutely ZERO sense. You are so afraid of being called a racist, you completely take away one of the most obvious things that can help catch a criminal? If you witness a crime, and only see the criminal for a very brief moment, what will you remember? Chances are it's skin color and body type.

It's not racist. It's an observation. And if that is what police have to start with, they need to relay that information to the public. What would be racist is if you describe a white suspect as "Male, 30-35 years of age, 6 feet tall" but describing a black suspect as "Black, male, 30-35 years of age, 6 feet tall".

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