Jake Stedman: Claims he was beaten by immigrant with a pipe
Posted on 09/27/2007 2:03:48 AM PDT by Stoat
Jake Stedman: Claims he was beaten by immigrant with a pipe
A boy of ten who claims to have been attacked by a Slovakian woman with an iron bar could be charged with inciting racial hatred, it emerged last night.
Jake Stedman admitted that the woman hit him after he threw a berry at her and told her to 'go back to her own country'.
As a result, the boy - who was left with two black eyes - could become the youngest person in the country ever to be charged with the offence.
A police source said: "There have been allegations that he used racist language and it is necessary for us to investigate the claims."
The Slovakian woman involved, 35, was arrested and could face assault charges.
Jake, a white English pupil, attends Luton Junior School in Chatham, Kent. The school is so riven by racial tension after an influx of Slovakian and other eastern-European children that four police patrol the gates every day.
On Saturday, one week after the alleged assault, two teenage girls were arrested for throwing stones at and abusing a Slovakian man just yards from the school.
Locals believe it may have been a revenge attack.
Police said there had been 13 race-related incidents in the area in six months.
One resident, English mother Candice Smith, 30, claimed her son William had twice been chased and threatened by Slovakian children and their parents.
But Slovakian father David Feri, 24, said English parents were teaching their children racism.
Jake Stedman was found in a pool of blood after insulting the woman in her 20s, who is believed to have a child at the same primary school.
He says she chased him down an alleyway before repeatedly striking him on the head and back with the 2ft pipe as he cowered on the floor, leaving him with two black eyes.
His mother, Amanda Stedman, 29, from Chatham, Kent, said: "I came running out the house and saw him lying in a pool of blood crying.
"He was completely in shock - he's just a little boy.
"I know he can misbehave and he's easily led but for this to happen is outrageous."
Police were standing guard at Luton Junior School in Chatham at leaving time last night in an attempt to prevent racial tensions in the area rising further.
Parents angrily confronted four officers outside the school gates over the incident, which took place a week last Saturday.
A number said an increasing number of Slovak families in the area had led to friction with British parents.
About a third of around 400 pupils at the school are believed to be Slovakian-born.
British children had complained of being bullied by the Slovakian pupils, who they said had told them: "We only play with our own kind."
One parent at the school, who did not wish to be named, said: "When the parents come and collect their children, the Slovakians stand on one side of the playground and we stand on the other.
"It is a bit like a stand-off."
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'Outrageous': Amanda Stedman expresses shock to police
Another, mother- of-three Carla Spanton, said parents are already pulling their children out of the school following a large intake of Slovakian pupils over the summer.
"There's been trouble ever since," she said. "Our kids are being threatened with having their throats slit.
"It's happening every day but no one is taking any notice.
"This used to be a good school but it's not any more." Father-of-one Shane Treeby added: "The trouble is going to spill over and it's going to happen soon.
"There's been a load of attacks recently in and around the school with gangs of Slovakians going round beating up the local kids.
"That boy getting hit was just one example, but there's stabbings and all sorts round here which is not getting reported." Police last night confirmed they had made an arrest in connection with the alleged pipe attack.
Chief Inspector Peter Wedlake, of Medway Police, said officers would remain on duty outside the school.
He added: "We won't tolerate racially-motivated offences, whoever they are committed by."
A statement issued by Medway Council on behalf of the school said: "Community cohesion is a shared responsibility for us all.
"Medway schools are typically happy and calm places where children from different backgrounds learn together and get on well.
"We work closely with the police, community support officers and the wider community to play our part in providing good race relations among pupils, parents and the wider community."
The incident comes after last week's admission by police that the influx of immigrants to Britain is placing a huge strain on resources.
Leading the warnings was Cambridgeshire's chief constable Julie Spence.
She said the surge in arrivals from Eastern Europe has meant an increasing bill for translation services for victims, witnesses and criminals who often speak little or no English.
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis backed the calls for tighter immigration procedures, saying Labour's 'opendoor approach' is to blame for the problems.
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This same degree of this lunacy is coming here. It’s just a little further away. But not much.
‘I can’t imagine many, if any, normal Slovaks moving to the UK. I do, however, see many Brits moving to Slovakia !’
Slovakia is part of the A8 accession group to the EU and according to National Statistics Online, Slovaks represent around 12% of the 500 people per day coming to Britain from the A8 states. . . . .
Well, a hundred years ago or there abouts a British writer wrote that the wogs start at Calais, except I think he used a somewhat less PC term starting with the letter “N” !
I thought they were distantly related to badgers... If Stoat were from Tennessee would he be a Vol or a vole?
I had to look it up. IT’S A WEASEL!........In wintertime white fur it’s known by it’s more classy, and expensive, name ERMINE!..........
I’m still at a loss as to how calling another person who looks very much like you can be considered racist. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Slovakians are Europeans with skin color not much different than white Brits or Americans. Or not different at all. How can verbal attacks on Slovakians be considered racist? That’s really stretching it. What is going on in Britain?
I should add that I was over in Britain last year with my wife who was born and raised in England. Most white Brits looked like most white Americans. And since I’m part Slav myself (with a little English, Irish, and German mixed in), maybe I’m not “white”. But someone should ask my older brother who has very light skin, blond hair, blue eyes, and sharp features if he’s white. Then step back.
Yes, that's for sure.
Maybe racism is being used instead of 'ethnic', to mean prejudices against other nationalities? My grandparents were all immigrants about a century ago, amongst thousands of East Europeans, an influx. My grandmother was Slovak and married a Russian. They experienced a variety of ethnic slurs and discriminations in the new country, but came here legally and learned the language and were happy to be here. Still, it was so difficult for my grandmother to find work to support her children after her husband's young death, that she changed the last name to an Italian sounding name and moved temporarily to NYC in search of work, which she found. It seems it's the influx of a large group unmotivated to assimilate that is causing the ethnic tensions.
I know, I was funnin’ you. Stoats, weasels, voles, ferrets, mink, ermine are all related. Funny little critters unless you’re their prey!
We have our own version in the U.S. of subjective determination of who is awarded the victimhood status of being "nonwhite". Some prestigious universities have set de facto limits on the number of Asians in their student body, all for the sake of diversity and tolerance. These Asians, who excel academically over other nonwhites as well as those of European descent, are discriminated against under the "affirmative action" scam, even more so than are whites.
Being judged not by the color of one's skin but by the contact of one's character is still a dream, whether under the old days of segregation or the current era of PC-driven affirmative action.
When I was in England and Scotland last year with my English-born and raised wife, we ate at a number of restaurants in London, Edinburgh, and other British towns. I never knew if the people serving us were British or otherwise until they opened their mouths. Most of them were of apparently eastern European origin. All of them were to me indistinguishable in physical appearance from the native Brits. And what would people make of Brits like Ian McShane who has a much darker skin color than most Brits I've seen? Would he be considered non-White? The whole white/non-white issue is ludicrous.
On the other hand (article from 2002):
FOOTBALL: SLOVAKIA v ENGLAND: FA’S FURY AT RACE HATE MOB
Sunday Mirror, Oct 13, 2002 by PAUL SMITH
THE Football Association have lodged an official complaint with UEFA after racist abuse was aimed at Emile Heskey, Ashley Cole and Kieron Dyer in Bratislava.
The players had to endure racist chants from Slovakian fans throughout the match.
Heskey said: “The level of the abuse was unbelievable, you would have had to remove most of the spectators to stop it. But you just have to rise above it - the best way to do that is to win the game and that is what we did.
“Of course I could hear what they were saying, you would have had to be deaf not to hear it. But sometimes you just have to shut your mind off from it and just go out and play to shut them up.”
Coach Sven Goran Eriksson was also appalled. He said: “In 2002 this should not be happening.”
FA spokesman Adrian Bevington said: “We are making the strongest complaint possible to UEFA. It was appalling that the players were subjected to this. We met with security chiefs before the game because we had raised fears about the problems of racism in light of the recent trouble players have faced in Europe.”
The game was also marred by outbreaks of trouble and Eriksson said: “It didn’t look good at all from the dug-out. I just saw people running all over - I hope no one got injured. It reminded me of what happened many years ago in the Heysel Stadium in Belgium.”
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Ethnicity = race now.
The age-old response to interlopers in any society, tribe or clan is always resistance.
The sabotage media in Britain may use Slovakian as code for muslim. You Never Know About Crappy Journalism.
Did he use a spork?
Of course. We raise our children with excellent table manners.
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