Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Reading Read the text below, then complete the sentences (1–6) using a maximum of 4 words. Write your answers in the space provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 35 In the past, ethnic minority people – especially young black men – were much more likely to be stopped and searched by the police, in the belief that they had been involved in stealing. In the mid 1990s in London, 20% of the population were from ethnic minority groups, but they made up 43% of those stopped and searched. At the same time, only 13% of the 442,800 people stopped and searched were actually arrested, so being stopped didn't mean that they had committed a crime. This led to lots of bad feeling towards the police. In 1997, half of the official complaints by black people against the London police were about being stopped and searched. In the rest of the country, a report in 1995 showed that African-Caribbean youths were more likely than any other group to be • stopped in the street (though not more likely to be arrested as a result) • prosecuted rather than cautioned • charged with more serious offences • remanded in custody and to plead not guilty and either be acquitted or receive a custodial sentence. In 1999, the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report was published. Stephen Lawrence was a black teenager from Greenwich in London, waiting at a bus stop. He was stabbed to death by a group of five young white men who had never seen him before. No one was brought to justice for this murder, and it made black people in the area feel less safe and reduced their faith in the police to protect them. The report was critical of the London police and the way they had dealt with the murder. Since then, the police have been monitoring • the number of recorded racist incidents • the use of stop and search • surveys of public satisfaction. The police have been running various projects to make stop and search fairer, and the law was changed too. All the same, government figures showed that in 2006/7, black people were 5.3 times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people. But something else has changed. Because of fears about terrorism (but before the attacks of 9/11 in New York and 7/7 in London), new laws have been passed about stopping people in the street. In 2001, about 10,000 people a year were stopped as terrorist suspects; in 2007, it was 127,000. Most of these have been from ethnic groups who might be Muslims. Facts and figures about police “stop and search” 98 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des V rlags öbv