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chief constable Pat Twiggs said: "There has understandably been a great deal of speculation, commentary and concern following the disorder in Harehills, Leeds, overnight.
"Our officers responded to a call from children's social care at around 5pm yesterday (Thursday 18 July) after social workers reported being met with hostility when dealing with a child protection matter.
"Responding officers were attacked and helped children's social care staff withdraw to a place of safety.
"As the disorder escalated, damage was caused to vehicles and several fires set."
"We continually assessed the situation and took the decision to deploy specialist public order officers who then came under a barrage of bricks and missiles from a large group.
"A decision was taken to withdraw these officers temporarily as it was evident that the police was their sole target.
"This allowed for further community mediation to take place in order to calm the situation.
"Police then returned to the area with fire colleagues to extinguish the remaining fires which were self-contained and didn't pose a wider risk. By this point the crowd had diminished and officers were able to fully restore order.
news.sky.com...
The police should put out a statement to let everyone know why the children will or won't be returned.
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: gortex
Well, the problem with that train of thought is that this multi-cultural community that is in unity claims they have persecution issues and that needs to be addressed.
originally posted by: gortex
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: gortex
Well, the problem with that train of thought is that this multi-cultural community that is in unity claims they have persecution issues and that needs to be addressed.
So because they have "persecution issues" the law of the land should be relaxed for them , the children placed into safety (something not done lightly) should be returned because of threats.
See how many of the "persecuted" people were hanging around on a sunny Friday afternoon while people like me were out working so they don't have to.
Yeah , they're persecuted.
I didn't say any of that
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: quintessentone
I didn't say any of that
You kinda did , would the police do what you suggest for any other child protection case or are you suggesting it because there's a threat of continued unrest in a migrant community , see the problem ?
He said: “There was a family incident earlier in the day that police attended and our officials attended that the local community got concerned about and that appeared to be the trigger of concern for the groups of people.
“I can’t go into any detail. It was a family incident and as always in Leeds we have outstanding rated services... it was an incident that was probably misinterpreted I would say.”
Meanwhile Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has attracted controversy, writing: “The politics of the subcontinent are currently playing out on the streets of Leeds. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
Leeds Central MP Alex Sobel responded: “This is a situation you know nothing about and no one has briefed you on. You are inflaming a situation with misinformation.”
“Politicians have a responsibility to not exacerbate situations particularly with no knowledge of them,” he added, calling on the newly elected MP for Clacton to apologise.
Haven't the authorities had enough time to interview the children and others to see whether or not they were being abused?
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: quintessentone
Haven't the authorities had enough time to interview the children and others to see whether or not they were being abused?
Im apt to go with a resounding "No" on that score.
And would you realistically expect the kids to return to such an environment given what transpired less than 24 hours previous?
Probably not if you think about it.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: quintessentone
How was a community persecuted by police?
Social services doing their actual job for once and investigating a claim hardly constitutes such.
As to treated in a different way, what do you suggest?
And how should they be treated any differently than any other muppet that chooses to mob and riot because...........
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: quintessentone
Those "answers" could have been established if authorities had been allowed to do their job in the first place.
What kind of different approach do you suggest?
As to avoiding another riot, well apprehending those responsible for last night's escapade might be of service there.
Given the fact that they are so stupid that they are all filming one another committing serious criminal acts and then uploading and posting them to social media.
It should not be that hard for authorities to establish who they are and do just that.
It won't be hard for authorities to find out who did what, you are right there.
The different approach needs to be think-tanked by the authorities, or is nothing going to be done to talk to the community to diffuse this situation?
Are authorities just going to leave the community to riot again and do nothing?