Policing in Britain has “adopted the language of activism” and official guidance has “over-corrected” to combat accusations of racism, one of the UK’s most senior officers has said. Sir Stephen Watson, the chief constable of Greater Manchester police, said he did not believe that “two-tier policing” existed or that forces were biased against white people.
As a famous movie lawyer once said, it doesn’t matter what he believes what matters is what he can prove, and the evidence is all against him.
Police had, however, allowed that perception to take hold in part as a result of anti-racism guidance that advised officers to treat suspects differently depending on their ethnicity.
“Particularly in the light of the tragic murder of Henry Nowak, I do understand that this idea that two-tier policing takes place is now widespread,” he said. “I don’t think it’s justified, but I can understand where it’s coming from.”
Well, let me help; it's coming from incidents like this one (now seemingly removed since I first saw it, but it’s an incident where a black guy attacked a white man and the police rolled up and arrested the victim, again. I’ll leave it in in case the poster appeals and it returns):
And this one:This is disgusting, @metpoliceuk. The black guy was the aggressor, but it's the white man who the police go after & restrain. pic.twitter.com/8imFKezC4k
— David Atherton (@daveatherton) June 22, 2026
And this one:This was declared a terror attack right away, even though no one died
— Dux (@DuxVul) June 21, 2026
Southport was not declared a terror attack when 3 children were executed
See how it works https://t.co/u3waPaq5TC
I've seen widespread criticism of how this interaction between police and these teenage girls was handled.
— Ben Graham (@BenGrahamUK) June 22, 2026
For me, one officer appears to escalate the situation by pushing and then drawing his baton. From there, everything spirals out of control.
Watching police officers using…
Especially when compared to this one:
Police had their hands full in WOLVERHAMPTON by a group of youths as they attempted to make an arrest.
— Kiera Diss (@KieraDiss) June 24, 2026
But there were no batons or tasers as we saw used on the white teen girls recently.
Two-Tier policing as per usual. pic.twitter.com/Yhyg0GbnTF
Watson, who is tipped as the potential successor to Sir Mark Rowley as the head of the Metropolitan police, said forces must be “a little less timid about making sure we emphasise our impartiality”.
Practicing some would be a good start!
“I think we have some lessons to learn … Perhaps we have been uncritical in adopting certain elements of language. We’ve adopted the language of activism,” he said. “We’ve sometimes taken on board what are challenged concepts and we’ve written those into policy and intent – all with the best of reasons – but these issues then get held up almost as exhibit X, as the proof that we do not treat people equally.”
And this man is being tipped as a successor to the head of the Met, when Rowley's gaffes get too numerous to tolerate!
Watson has been called Britain’s “anti-woke” police chief after he instructed officers not to take the knee during Black Lives Matters protests in 2021 because it would undermine impartiality. He said he would “probably kneel before the queen, God and Mrs Watson, that’s it”.
That won't last, not when he gets a sniff of the top job.
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I used to think they were naive and sincere. That's become impossible to believe now. The fear and favour they show to people with protected characteristics under the Equalities Act is completely blatant. Every senior officer who says there is no two-tier policing is a liar or a moron and should be put to the choice of which s/he is on oath.
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