Ken Macdonald said there had been “past reluctance” to look into Muslim men who had been targeting white girls.
But speaking on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Lord MacDonald said that was no longer the case after recent prosecutions.
The Liberal Democrat peer's comments come after 18 people were convicted of or admitted offences in a series of trials related to child sexual exploitation in Newcastle.
He said: "I think there has been in the past a reluctance to investigate a category of crime that people might believe attaches to a particular community in circumstances where men may be targeting young women.”
Presenter John Humphrys cut in to clarify which part of the community he was referring to.
He said: ”In other words, we're talking about - by and large - Muslim men who have been targeting white girls?"
Lord Macdonald replied: "Yes, exactly."
Mr Humphrys then asked if political correctness had “interfered with the course of justice”.
>They specifically call them Asian to lift the guilt from their shoulders.
I wish Europe adopted the American constitution after ww2.
Then at least i'd have a gun to deal with this bullshit.
Jackson Hill
Funny how it's the opposite in Australia. If you are Muslim, you're going to have your garbage rummaged through by ASIO.
Camden Gray
>Asian
Lol what
Benjamin Edwards
Yeah, that's the assigned word to people from the Middle East
Luis Hughes
Every time I hear "Asian" from the britbarians
Oliver Parker
>asian grooming gangs
wtf i hate japan now
Gavin Foster
I think we call them "Asians" because they were the first asians we encountered in our country. People from the Middle Eastern area came during the economic recovery after world war 2.
Dylan Walker
The only thing that matters in this world is maintaining a false environment of cleanliness and safety so that mindfucked trannies and self-centered feminists feel better about themselves.
Christopher Phillips
>The only thing that matters in this world is maintaining a false environment of cleanliness and safety so that mentally-inferior hillbillies and self-centered white male sociopaths feel better about themselves. You got a few words wrong there. I fixed them. :)
