AMSTERDAM - The debate and tensions in the United States around police brutality, ethnic profiling and racism play in the Netherlands too.
According to Gerrit van de Kamp of the police union ACP leads sided reporting and imaging dangerous polarization.
"Then you see a month later, a video on the Internet of an agent who is seriously insulted during a check by another rapper, rapper Crook, and that is hardly picked up," Van de Kamp said.
"There is a big bias in the debate on racism, ethnic profiling, minorities and other vulnerable groups. Business is not illuminated from two sides and the sound of small groups given disproportionate attention. Social media play a major role. "Squealers" can provide strong polarization, with all its consequences. "The murder of five agents in Dallas shows what can these polarization effects.
People should be aware that pulling them out of the context in this kind of sensitive issues such as racism, business and rely on facts, Van de Kamp: "It sometimes seems everything going on, while this is not the case is. If there is still no no research into a particular phenomenon, while any conclusions are drawn. We must be careful: this is for all the players, "said the police union president.
By Telegraph editors: Photo: Reuters
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