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 HKOwen  Hong Kong 30 Aug 22 6.36am |
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So the first two days were fine, only the third day had widespread violence and a stabbing death so let's not be too harsh, 2 out of 3 not bad. Reports are that a huge number of people were smoking cannabis and the police did nothing, it was being openly sold with other drugs. This is hearsay from people I know who were there so not fact ,as such.
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 30 Aug 22 7.01am |
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Police said 209 arrests had been made by early Tuesday, including 46 for assault, 36 for possession of drugs, 33 for possession of an offensive weapon, 27 public order offences and eight sexual assaults. (BBC)
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YT  Oxford 30 Aug 22 7.05am |
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I went to Basildon Park (a National Trust property in Berkshire) instead. Much safer, very much quieter and no Sadiq Khan. A nice cream tea too.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 30 Aug 22 7.37am |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
Police said 209 arrests had been made by early Tuesday, including 46 for assault, 36 for possession of drugs, 33 for possession of an offensive weapon, 27 public order offences and eight sexual assaults. (BBC) It's a celebration of Caribbean culture.
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| mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 30 Aug 22 8.14am |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
Police said 209 arrests had been made by early Tuesday, including 46 for assault, 36 for possession of drugs, 33 for possession of an offensive weapon, 27 public order offences and eight sexual assaults. (BBC) The joy of having the Carnival back after a couple of years without it. Imagine if those statistics were related to a football event. Parliament would e having an emergency session this afternoon.
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| Spiderman Horsham 30 Aug 22 8.18am |
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Originally posted by mezzer
The joy of having the Carnival back after a couple of years without it. Imagine if those statistics were related to a football event. Parliament would e having an emergency session this afternoon. Spot on
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 30 Aug 22 8.42am |
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Originally posted by mezzer
The joy of having the Carnival back after a couple of years without it. Imagine if those statistics were related to a football event. Parliament would e having an emergency session this afternoon. I wholeheartedly concur with these sentiments. The latest figures indicate 209 arrests including 46 for assault, 36 for possession of drugs, 33 for possession of an offensive weapon, 27 public order offences and 8 sexual assaults.A man has also passed away. At the last Carnival in 209 there were over 460 arrests reported. Edited by Willo (30 Aug 2022 8.49am)
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 30 Aug 22 8.59am |
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Also, I look at the costumes some wear and speculate about the time, energy and money spent putting them together. In a couple of months time these same folk will be protesting in the streets and asking the government to help pay their energy bills. Basically I agree, this 'carnival' is no cause for celebration.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 30 Aug 22 9.02am |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
Also, I look at the costumes some wear and speculate about the time, energy and money spent putting them together. In a couple of months time these same folk will be protesting in the streets and asking the government to help pay their energy bills. Basically I agree, this 'carnival' is no cause for celebration. The posturing 'Woke' pipsqueak, Sadiq Khan described the event as "Immaculate".
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 30 Aug 22 9.21am |
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The Notting Hill Carnival has always been for me a good little snapshot of black culture in the UK which now more than ever is distorted by two opposing narratives, neither of which are productive and IMHO, just my opinion, distort and resultantly block any perspective/commentary which has foundations in reality. It is absolutely absurd to not suggest that the potential good time that can (and has) been had there, food, music, celebration etc is a f**king brilliant occasion, it really is. Equally, it is beyond my comprehension to not properly address the open drug use/market, the threat from gang culture, violence and seemingly flagrant criminal element that exists. The apparent choice between either 'black people/culture bad, send them all back etc' or 'white people evil and racist, rise up and revolt' stances with no room for grey in between is, once again for me, a rejection of reality and a sad if not mind-f**king state of affairs.
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| Matov 30 Aug 22 9.25am |
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Originally posted by YT
I went to Basildon Park (a National Trust property in Berkshire) instead. Much safer, very much quieter and no Sadiq Khan. A nice cream tea too. Sounds delightful. I don't get that het up about the NHC (outside of people insisting on referring to it as 'Carnival'. If it was the only one in the world or even the first one then fine. But it's not). People have fair warning about what it is going to be like and therefore have a choice about going on not. I choose not to go. I feel sorry for the cops who have to put with all that s*** but they chose to do the job knowing full well it would come with policing the NHC so it is just part and parcel of it all.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 30 Aug 22 9.26am |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
Also, I look at the costumes some wear and speculate about the time, energy and money spent putting them together. In a couple of months time these same folk will be protesting in the streets and asking the government to help pay their energy bills. Basically I agree, this 'carnival' is no cause for celebration. The costumes and floats are paid for by the taxpayer / lottery funding you didn't think they paid from them themselves? Oh that's assuming the money isn't embezzled by the committee which most years it is. The whole thing is one big party paid for by the rest of us. Edited by Badger11 (30 Aug 2022 9.26am)
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