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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Sep 16 1.20pm | |
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Originally posted by Stuk
Police Federation statement: "Last year we had an officer stabbed. This year colleagues were assaulted, abused and spat at. Forty-three were injured - with eight needing hospital treatment. How can that be right? It's completely and utterly unacceptable. "A seemingly growing number of people appear intent on hijacking this Carnival and turning it into a Bank Holiday battleground. The Glastonbury music festival had 40 arrests this year. Notting Hill had 10 times that amount. "The organisers need to understand that this event cannot carry on regardless. I think many Londoners will wonder whether the significant amount of taxpayers' money spent policing this event is frankly worth it." I bet the requests for holiday that week outstrip Christmas! I have been saying for quite a while that this event should no longer be allowed to carry on due to all the
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paperhat croydon 05 Sep 16 1.53pm | |
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cue cries of establishment racism if it ever got close to being called off/banned
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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Sep 16 1.58pm | |
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Originally posted by paperhat
cue cries of establishment racism if it ever got close to being called off/banned Absolutely correct. Far too much trouble and a lot of hard-earned tax payers money being spent on dealing with those hell-bent on violence.
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jamiemartin721 Reading 05 Sep 16 2.15pm | |
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Originally posted by Willo
I have been saying for quite a while that this event should no longer be allowed to carry on due to all the I think wanton violence might be exaggerating the problem, given the numbers of people involved in trouble compared to the number of people present. In the 80s and 90s, banning football because of the associated problems with hooliganism wasn't considered an option. Social problems need to be resolved, definitely, but you don't achieve that through targeting the whole society, only the problems. As with hooliganism, the successes really only came when the actual problem and instigators were directly targeted and effectively dealt with, whilst not overly affecting the average law abiding fan.
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Kermit8 Hevon 05 Sep 16 2.44pm | |
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Originally posted by Willo
I have been saying for quite a while that this event should no longer be allowed to carry on due to all the There was an equivalent 'Carnival' crimewave every saturday in the UK from August to May in the late seventies to late 80's along with the police costs. Would you been ok with football being banned back then too?
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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Sep 16 2.55pm | |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
There was an equivalent 'Carnival' crimewave every saturday in the UK from August to May in the late seventies to late 80's along with the police costs. Would you been ok with football being banned back then too? There is a distinction between a yearly event and our national game of football which involves millions of people and is part of our heritage.In any event there was NO violence at most pro games.Was it practical to ban football in our country ???? So the fact that football was not banned in the past is enough to justify not banning an event which year on year sees violence and people injured ? I accept that wherever there is a gathering of a lot of people fuelled on alcohol etc etc there is always the propensity for trouble but things at the 'Carnival' have got out of hand.
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7mins In the bush 05 Sep 16 3.13pm | |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
There was an equivalent 'Carnival' crimewave every saturday in the UK from August to May in the late seventies to late 80's along with the police costs. Would you been ok with football being banned back then too? Whataboutry squared
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Stuk Top half 05 Sep 16 3.20pm | |
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Originally posted by Kermit8
There was an equivalent 'Carnival' crimewave every saturday in the UK from August to May in the late seventies to late 80's along with the police costs. Would you been ok with football being banned back then too? If football was still getting the problems from 30-40 years ago, it probably would be. Why should this not get with the times as football had to, and has done? Other one off events with those levels of arrests/issues would get clamped down on. I'll give you Fabric nightclub for a current example. Edited by Stuk (05 Sep 2016 3.20pm)
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jamiemartin721 Reading 05 Sep 16 4.10pm | |
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Originally posted by Willo
There is a distinction between a yearly event and our national game of football which involves millions of people and is part of our heritage. In any event there was NO violence at most pro games.Was it practical to ban football in our country ???? Edited by Willo (05 Sep 2016 3.03pm) At the games, no, but before and after and in relation to them, definitely. I think its a fair comparison, that banning the festival, won't actually do anything to quell trouble and violence. It'll just disapate it elsewhere. People aren't thinking hey, its Notting Hill I'll get tooled up and stab some c**t. Well I guess not. The festival is worth saving, its a part of London and UK cultural heritage. Same as with football. We need to more away from the idea that our issues with a small group, justify arbitrarily punishing everyone involved. I went a few times in the 90s and had an absolute ball of a time. It can and has served as a bridge between different ethnic communities and groups in London (and to a lesser extent the UK).
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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Sep 16 4.18pm | |
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There is a suggestion that 'Carnival' should be moved away from Notting Hill as the gangs and muggers among the majority of law-abiding carnival-goers operate in an environment that favours them over the Police and the ability of all the emergency services to get to where they need to be remains hampered. Edited by Willo (05 Sep 2016 4.21pm)
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2 x life with a minimum of 22 years. (both convicted of murder) 1 x 16 years + 4 years licence (conviicted of manslaughter). 1 x re-trial as jury couldn't come to a decision.
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