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		</div><p>A prominent police officer has expressed disappointment at comments by actor Liam Neeson which revealed he once held violent thoughts about killing a black person in revenge after someone close to him was raped.</p>
<p>The Hollywood star provoked widespread criticism after he said he had walked the streets armed with a weapon, hoping he would be approached by someone &#8220;so that I could kill him&#8221;.</p>
<p>Detective Sergeant Janet Hills, chairman of the Metropolitan Black Police Association, said the remarks highlighted the need for intelligence-led policing instead of profiling a whole community.</p>
<p>Asked about Mr Neeson&#8217;s comments, Ms Hills told the BBC: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s disappointing that he has said what he&#8217;s said and elaborated on that.</p>
<p>&#8220;People will take a different view as to whether he is right or wrong.</p>
<blockquote><p>But, when I align that with policing, that is why it is so key that we use intelligence-led policing to identify individuals and not profile a whole community in regard to criminal activities</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Because there are specifics in his case. There was a specific person that committed that.</p>
<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t just any black man on the street. And that is why it&#8217;s really key that we use, and continue to use, intelligence-led policing to solve crime and to build reassurance with our communities.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Taken actor, 66, recalled the feelings of anger in an interview to promote his new film Cold Pursuit.</p>
<p>Discussing how his character turns to anger, Neeson told the Independent: &#8220;There&#8217;s something primal &#8211; God forbid you&#8217;ve ever had a member of your family hurt under criminal conditions. I&#8217;ll tell you a story. This is true.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said the rape happened some time ago and said of his friend: &#8220;She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way.</p>
<p>&#8220;But my immediate reaction was&#8230; I asked, did she know who it was? No. What colour were they? She said it was a black person.</p>
<p>&#8220;I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I&#8217;d be approached by somebody &#8211; I&#8217;m ashamed to say that &#8211; and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him.</p>
<p>&#8220;It took me a week, maybe a week and a half, to go through that. She would say, &#8216;where are you going?&#8217; and I would say, &#8216;I&#8217;m just going out for a walk&#8217;. You know? &#8216;What&#8217;s wrong?&#8217; &#8216;No, no, nothing&#8217;s wrong&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was horrible, horrible, when I think back, that I did that. And I&#8217;ve never admitted that, and I&#8217;m saying it to a journalist. God forbid.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s awful. But I did learn a lesson from it, when I eventually thought, &#8216;What the f*** are you doing&#8217;, you know?</p>
<p>I come from a society &#8211; I grew up in Northern Ireland in the Troubles &#8211; and, you know, I knew a couple of guys that died on hunger strike, and I had acquaintances who were very caught up in the Troubles, and I understand that need for revenge, but it just leads to more revenge, to more killing and more killing, and Northern Ireland&#8217;s proof of that.</p>
<p>&#8220;All this stuff that&#8217;s happening in the world, the violence, is proof of that, you know. But that primal need, I understand.&#8221;</p>
<p>The comments triggered an intense debate on social media.</p>
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