There has been a deliberate and possibly orchestrated campaign on Twitter today implying that the shooting of the gangster Chris Kaba was racially motivated. Many of these individuals, who have not appeared in past times, do not allow replies to their somewhat far fetched attempts to blame racist police officers for shooting dead a black man, unknown to them, in a car used for a shooting the day before. Clearly the criminal underworld in which they operate has been bullying others again.
A flood of desperate pleas for racism have appeared, all receiving appropriate replies. Some indicate their colour when replying, others do not, but it is clear that the removal of a gunman from the streets, and proof of this has been made available, is a good thing in most eyes.
The Met Commissioner stated many in the 'Black Community' did not like the police. But what is the 'Black Community,' and which Blacks does it refer to? Does it indicate people from the West Indies? And if so which part? Does it refer to Jamaicans or Barbadians? Does it cover those from St Lucia or Antigua? Who do they mean? Could it refer to Africans? If so, which Africans? Nigerians or South Africans, Kenyans or Gambians, which?
Of course it means nothing.
The term 'Black Community' is short term for anyone Black, and it is used mostly by those who are not willing to obey the law or settle down to a normal lifestyle. Many Blacks live and work in a wide variety of occupations, storemen, bus drivers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, footballers, civil servants, retail workers, factory workers, you name it they do it, just like everybody else. None wish to be associated with the likes of Chris Kaba. Indeed, many have been threatened and bullied into submission by such gangsters pushing their weight around and boasting of their 'strength.' The 'strength' is just bullying the weak, not real strength.
All societies have these, not just the 'Black Community.' Such men exist in every town and region, usually pushing drugs these days and throwing their weight around in the local area. Some Black, some Indian, some Albanian, most local Englishmen.
And where are the fathers of these young men who get into trouble? Where are the social services that have been lost these past 14 years to provide alternatives? There is little likelihood that this government will change anything, but something is required throughout the UK to give young men some chance of a decent life before the temptations of crime offer easy riches.
