A headline along the lines of “Scotland’s black/Jewish/gay/ blade-wielding sexual offenders” accompanied by a photo of the applicable racist/homophobic stereotype would be actionable.
You feed an agenda which demonises troubled children and gives Scotland’s communities the excuse to collude in their exclusion. Yes there was balance within the article; but you had already done the damage. It is time to demand that we all do better. How about an exuberant headline about the causes? Not so easy is it? But neither so cheap.
David Roberts
Stable Cottage
Gruinart, Isle of Islay