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University student stabbed

offmenut said:
Depends what hurt is!
Two arrests.
The damage is a couple of car windows out.
It's not wholescale riot damage and mass violence.
It's sensationalised.
It should have been reported as a generally peaceful Protest with outbreaks of skirmishes by a handful of people
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Must be reet hard, you lad.
 

dangermows said:
A general peaceful protest where people are hoying bricks at police (where there'd have been severe injuries had they not had shields). It's an interesting take and in theory shouldn't land well on here as most say under no circumstances is it acceptable to fight with police.

In fairness if you can find ant reporting where bricks are thrown, things are damaged etc where it's reported as you want I will be very surprised.
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“27 injured at largely peaceful protest”
 
Bob Fleming said:
Hyerbolic nonsense again.

It may have played a part. The bigger part is the scene they walked into and the story they were spun by the actual perpetrators. But all you want to focus on is some guidance and ignore all other factors in the situation. Because, well, we know why.
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Hyperbolic nonsense and then you suggest it might have played a part.🤔
 
Harbour Boy said:
Where have you travelled recently that is worse?

I've been to Slovakia, Poland, Spain and Portugal over the last 6 months and all have a better quality of life than here.
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What’s youth unemployment like in Spain and Portugal ? Try 25%

800,000 poles make the UK there home 4 x more than brits who live in Poland despite our population doubling theirs. Was over a million poles here pre brexit.

Or pro putin Slovakia?

You’ve got no idea what a great place Britain is because you’ve probably never experienced life anywhere else beyond a holiday resort in Europe.
 
High Entropy said:
The actual key point is someone is saying they've been stabbed and another saying they've been racially abused.

Which one of those statements is your priority as a police officer arriving on the scene.
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Imagine if the other guy had said “I’ve been racially abused” and the officer went “sure you have” The lefty politicians would be inciting riots.
 
Safc98 said:
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“27 injured at largely peaceful protest”
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Fair point that.
High Entropy said:
The actual key point is someone is saying they've been stabbed and another saying they've been racially abused.

Which one of those statements is your priority as a police officer arriving on the scene.
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If the victim had been the initial reporter that would've changed it.

Or if they'd just happened upon two people, without any reporting.

As I've said, the victim is sat, calm, with no sign of a stabbing. And the the perpetrator is stood at the scene (very unusual where someone who has stabbed someone would usually flee) still making the allegations.

We can pretend none of this plays in if you wish, but we all know your leanings and angling.

The police did fuck up though. Obviously. But there was no quick assessment of skin colour before prioritising.
 
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Paul Brand of ITV writes:

"The focus of debate around Henry Nowak's murder is turning to this document by the National Police Chiefs Council - its 'Anti-Racism Strategy', from 2025.

It states:

"Producing equality of policing outcomes for people from different ethnic groups by responding to individuals and communities according to their specific needs, circumstances and experiences...

"It does not mean treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘colour blind’ (racial equality)."

Kemi Badenoch says it is "virtue signalling" and should be scrapped. Reform UK calls it 'two-tier policing'.

A source close to the Home Secretary says the wording is "clumsy".

Tonight, the NPCC says it is already reviewing the language and willing to amend it. But it stands by the principle of the document."

Equality of policing outcomes is a vague but troubling phrase. The rule of law DEMANDS we are all equal before it. If you don't have that, you don't have the rule of law. Police arrest figures will reflect social realities: poverty = crime, being one example. But it should not be a concern of police to reshape the social structure. Just enforce the law. The inequalities, discrimination and other factors prevailing are for politicians, policymakers, community groups to address.
 
"Don't think you have, mate"

Seems to be the quote doing the rounds on the socials and #dontthinkyouhavemate appears to be trending on the cesspit that is x.

This is not going to go away so quickly and the summer months are going to be interesting. All it's going to take is another rape or another stabbing and its going to pop.
 
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