WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

ABUSE FROM PUBLIC "AMAZING"

Mr. Condon revealed that he had received hundreds of offensive letters since making a strong stand against intolerance soon after he took up his post earlier this year.

"They were amazing, and not just from the lunatic Right, but from people in authority too. It is a reminder of how deep-seated the prejudices are

(Report, Jewish Chronicle, 4-6-93)

WITH GRANT ON HIS SIDE

Unsurprisingly,-the death of Joy Gardner prompted a national uproar. In her neighbourhood, anti-police feeling runs at a consistently perilous level; the circumstances in which she died threatened to tip those feelings on to the street...

Faced with impending calamity, Paul Condon, Britain's most powerful policeman, reached across his desk and dialled the number of Bernie Grant, Britain's most influential Black politician ...

Condon asked for Grant's help. It was an unprecedented act of faith, as Grant was perceived as the man who championed the Broadwater Farm rioters. Condon told Grant that the terrible restraining contraption used upon Mrs Gardner was "abhorrent" to him ...

With Grant on his side and the police officers involved rapidly suspended from duty, the tension on the streets subsided ...

(Interview, Night & Day, 10-10-93)

LITTLEJOHN'S DOUBTS

Paul Condon reminds me of Chief Superintendent Brownlow from 'The Bill'. He is a career copper who believes the way to succeed is to grovel to politicians and do nothing which will upset the "community".

His idea of the 'community" consists of loud-mouthed left-wingers and people who cut up tough and throw petrol bombs if they are given so much as a parking ticket.

I began to have mv doubts about him over the case of the violent illegal immigrant Joy Gardner, who died in a ferocious struggle with deportation officers.

He caved in to pressure from the odious and hysterical Bernie Grant, suspended the operation of the entire deportation squad - even those not involved in the Gardner incident - and gave the go-ahead for a Trotskyite rabble to march through a quiet London suburb on a Saturday.

His officers' went round advising shop-keepers to board up their windows because the police couldn't guarantee to keep the peace. (Shopkeepers apparently don't count as the "community".)

(Richard Littlejohn, The Sun, 15-2-94)

'PC' TRAINING FOR PCs

All police officers may soon have to take American-inspired courses on race relations and equal opportunities.

Scotland Yard chief Paul Condon, whose new recruits already undergo such training, is expected to extend it to every one of his 27,000 officers ...

Many rank-and-file officers have already privately voiced criticism of the scheme.

They fear that Mr. Condon is trying to distance the force from responsibility for cases of race or sex discrimination brought against its officers.

Laurie Johnson, local vice-chairman of the Police Federation, said: "Individual officers would be left to bear the costs – and pay any compensation".

(Report, Daily Mail, 6-5-94)

TRUTH IS NO DEFENCE

A policemen's leader is to be investigated over an alleged "racist" remark. The Scotland Yard inquiry was ordered after Michael Bennett, chairman of the Metropolitan branch of the Police Federation, said on TV: "Some members of the Black community pose the greatest threat to law and order"

So what's wrong with that? It so happens that in making the comment, Mr Bennett was talking about the growing problem of West Indian 'Yardie' gangs whose violent struggle for control of the drug rackets has led to brutality and murder.

Says Mr. Bennett: "This is a clear example of the 'political correctness' sweeping through the police service. 7here is no reason why police officers should be intimidated into not telling the public the truth."

I couldn't agree more. Instead of launching ludicrous witch-hunts like this, why don't police chiefs concentrate on capturing the Black gangsters who are running riot on our streets?

(Columnist, The People, 8-5-94)

BLAKELOCK'S KILLERS RUN FREE

Nobody is to be charged with the murder of PC Keith Blakelock, who was hacked to death during the Broadwater Farm riots, despite a Scotland Yard inquiry lasting 2½ years.

The Crown Prosecution Service yesterday announced there was; insufficient evidence to bring charges. In a brief statement, it said the decision would be reviewed if new information came to light.

(Report, The Times, 23-6-94)

CONDON CLONES GET LEG-UP

What about the redundancy scheme he has introduced for older officers? Two hundred have already agreed to go and it has been said that he is gratuitously losing 1,000 years' worth of experience which, as a young commissioner, he can ill afford.

"Yes, sure, we are losing some of our most experienced people but it is also an opportunity to bring on some of our most talented youngsters".

(Interview, Sunday Telegraph, 3-7-94)

LITTLEJOHN'S FURTHER DOUBTS

I've written on a number of occasions about the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock ... if you ever wondered what was wrong with the British justice system, you need look no further.

Here we had a copper hacked to death in the line of duty, with no shortage of witnesses. Fourteen different people imlicated Winston Silcott in the murder, but were too frightened to give evidence.

Silcott was convicted of the murder and subsequently cleared after a sustained campaign to discredit the police evidence, led by the hateful Bernie Grant M.P.

Yet the likes of Metropolitan Police commissioner Paul Condon queue up to lick his sandals in the name of political correctness ...

After Silcott was acquitted ... scapegoats were needed. So two distinguished, dedicated coppers found themselves in the dock - with the full weight of the Met, the CPS and the Guardian-reading classes arraigned against them.

Thankfully, they were found not guilty.

(Richard Little'ohn, The Sun, 1-8-94)