Britian: Hate Crime Police Raid 150 Homes

BBC On-Line | Wednesday, 13 November 2002 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

Wednesday, 13 November, 2002, 13:38 GMT

Hate crime police raid 150 homes

Police investigating allegations of racism, homophobia and domestic violence have raided about 150 addresses across London.

At least 60 people have been arrested after officers from the Metropolitan Police's community safety unit took part in the dawn raids on Wednesday.

One man has been charged with rape and others have been arrested on suspicion of making racist threats and of homophobic harassment.

The raids signal the start of a day of police action against "hate crime" - offences against people on the grounds of their race, faith, religion, disability, or sexuality.

People should not have to go through life being subjected to abuse because of who they are or what they believe in

Commander Cressida Dick Posters in newspapers and on the Tube and trains urging victims of hate crime to come forward are running as part of a two-week campaign by the Metropolitan Police.

Commander Cressida Dick, director of the Diversity Directorate, denied the operation was simply a publicity stunt.

She said: "We want the offenders who hate, hurt and harm others to know the Met will do everything in its power to find them out and put a stop to their crime.

"People should not have to go through life being subjected to abuse because of who they are or what they believe in."

The raids will be followed up by a day of activities to raise awareness of the Met's community safety units, which deal with hate crime.

Officers will take a mobile hate-crime reporting centre into the heart of London's gay community in Old Compton Street, Soho.

[Constitution Day]

The Complete Newspeak Dictionary from Orwell's 1984

[sheik yerbouty]

Too many in the U.K. have become National Masochists".

[ikka]

They can't stop normal crime, like burglary and home invasions and car thieves. But at least those car thieves will know better than to call someone a faggot when they are robbing them.

[Democratic_Machiavelli]

I would love to see if their legislation is similar to ours. Even if it isn't, my gut tells me we're going to be seeing this here (if we haven't already).

[Constitution Day]

Unbelievable. Almost.

[RippleFire]

BUMP

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

"People should not have to go through life being subjected to abuse because of who they are or what they believe in"

Too bad they don't actually believe this.

[mykdsmom]

This is scary....How come they don't get the Islamacists for "Hate Crimes"? They hate everyone that isn't a Muslim.

MKM

[Mr. Silverback]

Paging MadIvan!

You might want to ping the other Brits while you're at it.

[murdoog]

One man has been charged with rape and others have been arrested on suspicion of making racist threats and of homophobic harassment

That the author put rape and "homophobic harassment" in the same sentence is as disturbing as any of the facts presented in the article

[far sider]

Exactly what I was thinking. This sounds just like the N.I.C.E. That book was prophetic.

[denydenydeny]

Nice to see that they have their priorities in order.

Britain leads the world on risk of being assaulted.

[OXENinFLA]

People should not have to go through life being subjected to abuse because of who they are or what they believe in

Are they talking about not being reticulated because you're gay or not HAVING POLICE BREAK INTO YOUR HOME BECAUSE ONE THINKS BEING GAY GOES AGAINST NATURE?

[joesnuffy]

One man has been charged with rape and others have been arrested on suspicion of making racist threats and of homophobic harassment.

Another man was arrested for mentally undressing a transvestite....and then insulting him/her when the man realized he/she was not really a woman... He was then charged with wanting to mentally undress a woman...

[Snake65]

I thought I could save us some time and just summarize in Newspeak:

Thoughtpol stops oldthinkers, 150 actions Londonwide.
60 oldthinkers takens Metpol CSU Wednesday amwise.
One sexcrimer arrested, others thoughtcrimers.
Big Brother dayorder announced thoughtcrimer roundup.
"Prolevicts hatecrime must denounce oldthinkers," Commander Posters said. "BB demands nothing less."
She added "Doubleplusgood BB offensive against oldthinkers. Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC. Metpol CSU arrests all oldthinkers quickwise."

[mississippi red-neck]

Commander Cressida Dick Posters in newspapers and on the Tube and trains urging victims of hate crime to come forward are running as part of a two-week campaign by the Metropolitan Police

They make it sound like this momth's special at the local supermarket. Is there someone you don't like? Just give us a call, tell us you think they don't like you and we'll kick down their door for you.

People over there are no longer able to defend themselves or their property. Pretty soon they won't be able to vote because it will be a hate crime if you don't like the opposition party. Since WWII these people have gone steady downhill and now are starting to sound like the very people that they fought against. This is exactly where this PC madness leads to.

[Mr. Silverback]

They can't stop normal crime, like burglary and home invasions and car thieves. But at least those car thieves will know better than to call someone a faggot when they are robbing them.

Believe it or not, when one of the very first hate crime bills was proposed (I think it was the first federal version) I remember reading that under its sentencing structure a person who beat a man with a baseball bat and called him a jerk (assault with a deadly weapon) would do less time than a person who punched a man with their fists and called him a "faggot" (simple assault and battery plus the hate crime sentence enhancement). The bill was rewritten, but the disconnect is telling. Some people fail to understand that almost all crimes are hate crimes, the rest are greed crimes.

In the hate crime advocate's world, a man who kills his wife for the life insurance money is not as bad a person as the man who kills his neighbor because she's black. Sick, just plain sick.

[hang 'em]

PC Fascism

[Bogolyubski]

While the crackpot leftist government there has allowed real, violent crimes to soar, they have completely done away with any right to self-defense. It's looking like "regime change" is long overdue in the UK.

[B Knotts]

Police investigating allegations of racism, homophobia and domestic violence have raided about 150 addresses across London.

At least 60 people have been arrested after officers from the Metropolitan Police's community safety unit took part in the dawn raids on Wednesday. "People should not have to go through life being subjected to abuse because of who they are or what they believe in."

I believe this is known as cognitive dissonance.