Tuesday 28 August 2007

Notting Hill crime fest ends in violence - again!

Well the Notting Hill crime fest has certainly lived up to expectations! Yesterday the BNP website reported that up until midnight on Sunday that the official crime tally was: 3 people arrested for attempted murder, 3 people arrested for possession of firearms, a further 4 arrested for a crime involving a firearm and 124 criminal incidents reported that resulted in a total of 104 arrests.

To that tally we can now add Monday’s “bag” – which includes 2 people shot, several people (3?) stabbed, a mini riot and scores more arrests!

According to the media the number of people arrested during the three day “festival” was between 206 and 220 – dependent upon which report you read. And that’s with the Metropolitan Police allegedly turning a blind eye to low level crime for fear of “sparking an incident”! In total the number of REPORTED criminal incidents during the “festival” is said to be 336. What the real number of crimes were, as opposed to the minority officially notified to police, remains anyone’s guess.

It is hard to imagine what sort of event could generate such high levels of violence and general criminality. Even a major riot between opposing armies of football hooligans would not result in so many arrests and serious criminal offences. We are indeed lucky there were no fatalities this year!

So why do the authorities tolerate the annual Notting Hill crime fest? Why aren’t outraged politicians tabling motions of condemnation in The House? The answer is simple – they dare not oppose it for fear of the consequences!

1 comment:

youdontknowme said...

It was supposed to be a day to celebrate black culture and it seems that crime is black culture.