The U.K. could end these knife and acid attacks anytime the government wants. The government doesn't want.
Posted on 11/30/2019 1:36:36 PM PST by karpov
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This attack, the police said, had been carried out by [Usman Khan], wearing a fake bomb vest, a former prisoner who had been convicted of terrorism offenses in 2012. [He] was released from prison last year, apparently after agreeing to wear an electronic tag.
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The rampage on Friday [...] raised questions about the efficacy of Britain’s prison rehabilitation system and about the release from prison of Mr. Khan, despite warnings from the judge at his trial about the threats he still posed.
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On Saturday, the Parole Board, which carries out risk assessments on prisoners to determine whether they can be safely released, said in a statement that it had not reviewed his case. Mr. Khan appeared to have been released automatically, “on license” — meaning under certain conditions — “without ever being referred to the board,” it said.
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Usman Khan was attending an event at Fishmongers’ Hall for former prisoners and their mentors in a prison education program, Learning Together, set up by Cambridge University. He was believed to have been invited to share his experiences as a former prisoner.
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Among those killed, according to the BBC and the news site Cambridge Live, was a Cambridge graduate, Jack Merritt, the course coordinator of Learning Together. The police did not immediately confirm his identity. But a man who said he was Mr. Merritt’s father, David, posted the news on Twitter before deleting it.
“My son, Jack, who was killed in this attack, would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily,” the post read. “R.I.P. Jack: you were a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog.”
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When the hordes are marching with some royals heads on pikes they will wish they had done something when they had the chance. otherwise finis
Well, hello Captain Obvious!
Down through history people that stupid didn’t survive. Due to modern civilization they have become a majority and will be the death of this civilization unless something comes along to eliminate them.
Yup. Think Indiana Jones.
islamophobia will be yelled.
islamophobia will be yelled.
Jack wasn’t just an idiot. He was amoral idiot. Moral idiocy is deadly.
Your son gets murdered and your first instinct is to jump on Twitter and virtue signal?
As much as it sucks that Jack lost his life to a known wolf.......maybe Britain is better off that David's genes are being cleaned from the pool.
It seems WWI and WWII killed off most of the bloodlines with any semblance of testicular fortitude and common sense.
“I’d rather that the people were allowed to be armed “
But to be serious...what must have been going through Khan’s mind as he was attacked by a narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher? Are the other jihadis in hell laughing at him?
I don’t recall that story, but whatever. A Muslim who has been told the truth of Jesus Christ and remains a Muslim is a liar, to God and himself. I don’t trust any of them.
I don’t recall that story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFPW4TVNlc&frags=pl%2Cwn
Yeah, expect narwhal tusks to be banned from Britain in the future. From now on you must use kind words and cultural sensitivity to fend off knife attacks. Amazing, however. Spears were actually the best personal combat weapons prior to gunpowder. Simple yet effective, hard to counter, and without needing a lot of training.
The latest estimate is 3.4 million, which is c.5.1% of the population. Distribution throughout the country is very uneven. Most are urban rather than rural, and the greater number is in England, rather than the other UK countries.
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