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jamiemartin721  Reading 24 Mar 16 2.05pm |
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Originally posted by npn
Sorry to be a pedant, but you can't be racist against a religion. As I said, the bloke is clearly a bit of a tool, but I'd love to see how many 'real' crimes were not investigated while they were sending plod round to a fantasist to arrest him for giving it the biggun on social media. Easy collar, good for the stats, as its a sure fire - All they have to do is send round a beat officer to pick him up etc. I doubt it had much impact on time spent on other police work, as he'd done the hard work for them
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 Stuk Top half 24 Mar 16 2.15pm |
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Originally posted by npn
Sorry to be a pedant, but you can't be racist against a religion. As I said, the bloke is clearly a bit of a tool, but I'd love to see how many 'real' crimes were not investigated while they were sending plod round to a fantasist to arrest him for giving it the biggun on social media. You also can't sing via typing on twitter.
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| johnfirewall 24 Mar 16 5.01pm |
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'The incident did happen. I didn't confront the Muslim woman, I just saw her coming towards me and I was emotionally fuelled. It's just a stupid thing to do like asking someone with dreadlocks if they like Reggae, but it's no more offensive.
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| johnfirewall 24 Mar 16 5.09pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Easy collar, good for the stats, as its a sure fire - All they have to do is send round a beat officer to pick him up etc. I doubt it had much impact on time spent on other police work, as he'd done the hard work for them Do their stats not look sh1t if they never manage a conviction? I imagine that's why the CPS has to massage the figures with one former director pushing for prosecutions for certain types of crimes.
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 24 Mar 16 6.27pm |
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Shouldn't have even been investigated, let alone arrested. A pathetic, ridiculous and unnecessary law, passed by a bunch of self-serving, limp-wristed f*ckwits.
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Attachment: | Mapletree Croydon 24 Mar 16 6.35pm |
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Originally posted by johnfirewall
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'The incident did happen. I didn't confront the Muslim woman, I just saw her coming towards me and I was emotionally fuelled. It's just a stupid thing to do like asking someone with dreadlocks if they like Reggae, but it's no more offensive. You are on a different planet to me. By extension this total d*ck head accused the woman, because she appeared to be a Muslim, of being an insider. She should be able to 'explain' Brussels, how dare she not do so. Did he lash out at the first person he could find to 'confront', or could it be that he picked on a woman for a reason? Nasty public school toff f*ckwit. What's the chances the woman was Shia anyway and therefore potentially more of a target that this moron. I wonder, if he were challenged in the street to explain the Amritsar massacre, he would attempt to do so or simply say 'nothing to do with me'. That would, of course, be a mealy mouthed response.
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| matt_himself Matataland 24 Mar 16 9.37pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
I think its being conveniently reported as 'racial hatred', when the actual legal bill is the 'racial and religious hatred' act. It certainly fits that element of the legal definition. Whether they can actually get a conviction due to proving intention, is another matter (which likely would be related to other statements). But I don't necessarily think the police are unfounded in arresting him. I think they are unfounded because surely they should only act after the woman he supposedly addressed complained, which does not appear to be the case? This seems like a collosal waste time and money & I would prefer the Police to be concentrating on security following recent terrorist events in Europe.
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| Mapletree Croydon 24 Mar 16 10.08pm |
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Originally posted by matt_himself
I think they are unfounded because surely they should only act after the woman he supposedly addressed complained, which does not appear to be the case? This seems like a collosal waste time and money & I would prefer the Police to be concentrating on security following recent terrorist events in Europe. I'd have to ask a lawyer but I don't think that's how crime works. A crime is a crime regardless of whether there is a complainant as far as I know.
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SloveniaDave  Tirana, Albania 24 Mar 16 10.48pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
I'd have to ask a lawyer but I don't think that's how crime works. A crime is a crime regardless of whether there is a complainant as far as I know. If its a criminal offence, the police should act whether or not a complaint is received. A complaint/complainant is only needed if it is a civil offence. However, if the 'victim' refuses to testify in a criminal offence, the chances of a successful conviction will obviously be reduced.
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| matt_himself Matataland 24 Mar 16 11.08pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
I'd have to ask a lawyer but I don't think that's how crime works. A crime is a crime regardless of whether there is a complainant as far as I know. How can they prove, in this instance, that a 'crime' was committed if there was no compliant or complainant? If no one witnessed it, how can it be a 'crime' that can be pursued by the Police? It could be that this bloke is like most people on Twitter and just an attention seeking bellend. He might not have said anything, just invented it for the sake of it.
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| matt_himself Matataland 24 Mar 16 11.11pm |
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Originally posted by SloveniaDave
If its a criminal offence, the police should act whether or not a complaint is received. A complaint/complainant is only needed if it is a civil offence. However, if the 'victim' refuses to testify in a criminal offence, the chances of a successful conviction will obviously be reduced. I agree. I don't understand how he can be prosecuted without a witness in this instance.
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| SloveniaDave Tirana, Albania 24 Mar 16 11.13pm |
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Originally posted by matt_himself
How can they prove, in this instance, that a 'crime' was committed if there was no compliant or complainant? If no one witnessed it, how can it be a 'crime' that can be pursued by the Police? It could be that this bloke is like most people on Twitter and just an attention seeking bellend. He might not have said anything, just invented it for the sake of it. Its not for the Police to 'prove'. That is the job of the CPS. The police have to assess if there is a case to answer. There are plenty of un--witnessed crimes. If he did just invent it for the sake of it, then that is still potentially a crime.
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