This is about a year or two old, but doesn't it just make your blood boil? We've become so sensitive that we're disregarding reason and common sense for being PC... of course that is what my first thoughts were, but upon reading what the police chief had to say I changed my mind. Everything made a lot more sense to me, and I found myself agreeing with the decision.
The reason why they don't give out descriptions in petty crimes or daily crimes is because witness reports almost never aid the investigation. It can happen that police are allowed to give out descriptions, but this privilege is exclusive to field cops. So basically we don't get descriptions because there's no reason for it. When you read about a certain kind of people doing bad things you think "We need to punish them" and you start to dislike that kind just a bit more. Sweden isn't going to deport all immigrant because the people are angry, so really, what they're doing is minimizing the hate at the cost of less than 5% aid.
I not only wanna discuss this situation and your opinion on it, but I'd also like to take time to address how easily our opinions are formed when it comes to hate topics.
and if you wanna hate on immigrants for doing bad things, would you beat up one that does something bad? Are you willing to beat up an innocent one on the train or wherever? You have to answer yes to both of these questions if you wanna hate on a certain kind of people.
Swedish Police banned from giving descriptions of people due to potential racism