WATCH: Martin Daubney and Nigel Nelson clash over suspect identities released by police

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GB News host Martin Daubney shut down Senior Political Commentator Nigel Nelson's "two-tier" argument on whether the police should reveal suspect identities after the Liverpool ramming incident.Following the decision by Merseyside Police revealed the identity of their suspect following the arrest, a 53-year-old white British man, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley backed the move.FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00What do you make of this notion that we should be releasing suspects, ethnicities early and clearly?

00:05I think that should be the default position. That's absolutely right.

00:08But it must be an operational decision for the police.

00:11They've obviously been pitched into the social media age by Axel Rudipakana.

00:16So they realise they made a mistake there.

00:20I think it will depend on the circumstances.

00:22It could well be that if you've got tension, say, with cross-channel migrants, say, a cross-channel migrant is involved in...

00:29It will be two-tier policing, because they'll protect them. And that's the point.

00:32It's not a question of protecting them. It's a question of, operationally, what is the most sensible course of action,

00:37which is actually multi-tier policing, which is what the police do.

00:41No, because if there's going to be equity before the law, it needs to be fully equitable.

00:46It shouldn't be, oh, it might inflame intentions and there might be a few racists out there.

00:50Because that's the complete antithesis of equality before the law.

00:54That's what the police do. They have to take all factors into account before making a decision,

00:59which is why they have operational independence away from politicians.

01:02Which won't be equitable.

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