Police delays and forensics excuses leave anti-Muslim victims unprotected

Evidence

I opened the door, told them I’d phone the police, and they threw a fire extinguisher at my door. When I called the police, they said they didn’t have time to come and see me then, so they came the next day. They said they could not find these men because there were no cameras and it was not possible to get DNA from urine. There are double standards, one rule for other communities and one rule for us. — Irene Zempi and Imran Awan, Islamophobia, 318

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Extends ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ — a modern instance of policing bodies, spaces, and civility through selective law enforcement.
• SHARE: The fire-extinguisher and ‘no DNA from urine’ detail is exactly the kind of specific for someone studying police non-response to hate crime.