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| Britain: Police chief sez "Yobs forced me to move home" |
| 2008-02-22 |
| Is Britain a sovereign nation? A police chief has admitted that he was forced to move house by youths hanging around outside his home. Supt Wayne Mawson, who is in his 40s, said that he decided to leave because he did not want to confront the teenagers sitting on the wall of his property in Hackney, east London. The officer, the head of operations in Haringey, north London, said that the youths had made him nervous about returning from work. Supt Mawson confessed that he had given in to them. The Metropolitan Police high-flyer, who will earn about £70,000 a year, said: "I gave in to them because it was either that or start challenging them. "My quality of life has improved massively since then." Supt Mawson made the admission during a neighbourhood watch meeting in Crouch End, north London, as he highlighted the crucial role that safer neighbourhood teams play. "They are not only about the big stuff, but also about looking after situations like this, serving the everyday needs of our community," he said. Supt Mawson also warned that a terrorist attack was likely to happen again. He said: "An attack will happen again in London. The big trials show us that there are people in Haringey involved in the terrorism world. "It's not about scaring people. It's about raising awareness and making the borough as safe as we can. It's impossible to stereotype a terrorist, so we have to be alert to all possibilities." Last month, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said that she was too scared to walk in London alone after dark. Asked whether she would go out by herself at night in Hackney, she told a Sunday newspaper: "No, why would I do that? But I never would have done, at any point in my life. "I just don't think it's a thing that people do. I wouldn't walk around at midnight. I'm fortunate that I don't have to do so." Supt Mawson's admission comes amid concern about increasing violence by teenage gangs. Last week, a court heard how a father of two was kicked unconscious after asking a group of youths to be quiet outside his home in Maltby, South Yorkshire. Gary Yeomans, 44, said that he was lucky to be alive following the attack that left him seriously ill in hospital. Last August, Garry Newlove, a father of three, was kicked to death by a gang of youths outside his home in Warrington, Cheshire, after he confronted them about vandalism. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #7 What's his $140k a year job for? |
| Posted by: Blinky Omereth6252 2008-02-22 23:36 |
| #6 Golly Wayne, maybe the boyos at the Petrol Exchange can save your sorry ass: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article515384.ece Read it -- its a classic from a time when you thought UK had a chance... |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-02-22 23:04 |
| #5 IF you don't want to confront them then play classical music or something else that will drive them away without necessarily provoking them. Either that or get one of those subsonic sound things that are supposedly useful for driving off youths. Lastly and most obviously have some of the cops from work pick him up in front of his house once in a while. Most youths are not gonna feel comfortable hanging around an area that has a lot of cops showing up. Since he didn't try any of the above he should have retired long ago. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-02-22 20:33 |
| #4 IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation, To call upon a neighbour and to say:â âWe invaded you last nightâwe are quite prepared to fight, Unless you pay us cash to go away.â And that is called asking for Dane-geld, And the people who ask it explain That youâve only to pay âem the Dane-geld And then youâll get rid of the Dane! It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:â âThough we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you. We will therefore pay you cash to go away.â And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But weâve proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation, For fear they should succumb and go astray, So when you are requested to pay up or be molested, You will find it better policy to say:â âWe never pay any-one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost; For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost!â - Rudyard Kipling |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-22 16:42 |
| #3 The Metropolitan Police high-flyer, who will earn about £70,000 a year, said: "I gave in to them because it was either that or start challenging them. So what happens when you don't have the choice anymore there, Supt? Guess that'll be rollover and die time? They're paying £70,000 for this guy to supervise the people that are supposed to protect them and he won't even try to protect himself?Unfuckinbelievable... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-22 16:10 |
| #2 Is Britain a sovereign nation? No. It does not have control of its borders, it is not the supreme law of the land, it will soon not have a foreign policy. It is now but a province of the major nation in Europe, the EU. Get over it. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-02-22 15:53 |
| #1 That's real cowardice, the police chief leaving because some youths sat on a wall outside his home, and he's "Afraid to confront them". Fire his ass. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-22 15:42 |