Beeb's Beattie hit by 104 complaints after stab maniac shooting by cops

Question ‘offensive and biased against police’

- STUART MACDONALD

THE BBC received more than 100 complaints about “offensive” comments made by presenter John Beattie on the police response to an asylum seeker who stabbed six people at a Glasgow hotel.

The radio host asked SNP MP Alison Thewliss if the police had questions to answer “given that a white policeman shoots dead a black man carrying a knife in Glasgow”.

The report on Radio Scotland’s Drivetime show led to 104 complaints to the Beeb from people who said the question was offensive and biased against police.