Police Are Not Enough

As mentioned in two stories from last night’s news feed, Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen caused quite a stir when he publicly stated that immigrant ghettos are not really part of Denmark. He maintains that more than just police officers are needed to change the mentality in Denmark’s culturally enriched enclaves.

The video below includes the relevant excerpt from the press conference where Løkke Rasmussen spoke out. Many thanks to our Danish correspondent TB for the transcript, to Anne-Kit of Perth, Australia for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:



A complete transcript is below the jump

Transcript:
00:00 
00:02 The fundamental question is whether certain urban areas can even be considered to be Denmark at all.
00:08 Because Danish is a language spoken by a minority; because children play in the streets late at night because their parents don't have to get up in the morning …
00:16 … because all satellite dishes point away from Danish news broadcasts, towards remote regions with which people identify.
00:26 Because Danish standards of trust, equality, the rule of law and respect for public authorities do not exist.
00:35 And if we fail to understand that these areas are of a completely different nature to the rest of Denmark …
00:43 … then we are going down the wrong track.
00:45 We have done a lot and invested billions in these areas,
00:53 But apartment block renovations and paint jobs are not enough.
00:58 Nor is putting more police on the streets.
01:03 It requires a combined effort from the social services, policing, the legal system, the education system …
01:11 … and the employment area to address the problems out there.
01:17 So having a visible police presence is of course part of the solution, but it is not the whole solution.
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