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Originally posted by joewalker
I can post links too:
From the Lancashire Telegraph, Wedsneday 12 January, 2011
80% of Operation Engage offenders white
OPERATION Engage was set up by police in 2006 after the problem of predominantly-Asian gangs preying on vulnerable white girls. But since 2008 Engage has grown to investigate, and protect, those vulnerable to all kinds of sex grooming. This is borne out by the fact that as many as 80per cent of all offenders dealt with under Engage are now white.
Source: www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...
The police and social services are aware and attempting to deal with child grooming....the MSM do report the cases.
Why is the OP only interested in cases where the accused are non white? The bnpedl completly ignored the recent case involving a white Catholic Priest and when child pornography charges were aimed at one of their own, claimed he was a political prisoner...He pleaded guilty btw.
Double standards or a (not so) hidden agenda.
If you want the uk sub judice/ contempt of court rules removed then have the debate...just not outside a Court where a grooming case is under active consideration.
edit on 10-2-2012 by joewalker because: terrable spwellin
This behaviour is wrong. But not all people are using a political/religious reason for doing it
Originally posted by McGinty
Honest question:
What good does it do anyone to publicise this trial.
Surely that would make the odds of a miss-trial much higher.
Surely trials are private affairs until the verdict. If afterwards it is still unpublicised then perhaps there is an issue.
My concern would be for the integrity of the jury and media exposure may well jeopardise this.
Originally posted by smurfy
Originally posted by Jace26
reply to post by lacrimaererum
Um, no, there is no Muslim bashing on here. This thread is about a media blackout on reporting paedophiles (which happen to be Muslim). It seems your trying to make a connection between the two, so what does that say about you?
If there is no 'Muslim bashing' here, why should the OP have pointed out in posts the attendance of extreme groupings in or outside the court, while describing them as patriot groupings. It's the same thing as you say, so technically you can ask what is the connection beween patriots and paedophiles. So WTF was BNP there for, to sell ice cream? The OP has already made an error no, a big error in the initial post and has apologised for that, while still describing it as a special operation that would include more than those that appeared in court on the 9th.
Originally posted by Freeborn
This link is from the BBC's website;
www.bbc.co.uk...
I think that's pretty fair and responsible reporting and certainly no evidence of a 'news blackout'.
Originally posted by McGinty
Honest question:
What good does it do anyone to publicise this trial.
Surely that would make the odds of a miss-trial much higher.
Surely trials are private affairs until the verdict. If afterwards it is still unpublicised then perhaps there is an issue.
My concern would be for the integrity of the jury and media exposure may well jeopardise this.
Is there a need for Pakistani children to be warned about white men who work in organised gangs using takeaway food, alcohol, drugs and cars as a way to involve the children in sexual exploitation? If this has been documented it needs to be advertised.
Ormerod and his gang would meet the girls at school gates or as they roamed the streets of Babbacombe, where Ormerod lived with his mother, or nearby Ellacombe. According to the police, they would also make contact with the girls on social network sites including Facebook or through other friends. The gang would ply the girls with cider, beer and cannabis and often end up having sex with them. The victims liked the alcohol and drugs and often felt flattered that older men such as Ormerod were interested in them. Many thought of the men as their boyfriends.
The notices are handed to people who are found with a ‘potential victim’, and can ban them approaching any child. For example, a letter can warn the person not to stop and talk to under-age children in his car.
The team has also identified 44 individuals involved in sexual exploitation of which 32 were white, 11 Asian and 1 other. Of those, 20 have been arrested, five charged and 21 abduction notices issued.
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by Kester
As far as I am aware the Beeb have been reporting on this throughout the case.
The BBC has a responsibilty to report the facts in a fair and reasonable manner without prejudicing the case.
It seems that there is a problem within certain Muslim communities regarding grooming, exploitation and abuse of girls and women which needs to be addressed.
How best to do that?
I don't know, I certainly haven't got all the answers.
Yes, there needs to be an acknowledgement from within these communities themselves along with reporting all such instances to the relevant authorities instead of turning a blind eye.
But stirring up emotions and tarneshing all Muslims as peodophiles or rapists is simply inaccurate and wrong and will do nothing but cause communities to further close ranks.
The vast majority of Muslims ARE NOT involved in such practices.
And as a point of issue, there are unfortunately many, many instances of peodophile rings which have consisted solely of white and alleged Christians.
The Catholic church has faced similar criticisms and is having to face up to the harsh reality that a percentage of Catholic priests caused untold suffering to far too many children.
It's time elements within the Islamic faith did the same.
But none of that makes reporting such instances easier.
As i have stated earlier there is a hard balance to be sought here.
The responsibility to inform the public and the right to a free press balanced against the 'innocent until proven guilty' ethos that is central to our judicial system and the prevention of stirring up racial or religious confrontation.
I have yet to see anyone even attempt to answer that.
From this statement of yours I can tell you are fortunate enough to have little practical experience of trying to sort out one of these situations.