This Sums Up What Is Wrong With Our Country Imho.

[youngmafbog]

"Magistrate, 67, who defended his family against an armed gang who stormed his £2million mansion was ARRESTED himself... and accused of racially aggravated assault"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5902565/Magistrate-Nigel-Stringer-defended-Morningthorpe-Norwich-burglary-private-justice.html

[andy-hughes]

I can read the story the way the Mail has slanted it, as can anyone - that is standard media practice, appeal to your readership in terms they appreciate.


But it does not square with the response of the police in the way that was reported, and leads me to wonder if there is more to the story than is being presented here.

I always prefer to wait for more detailed information from other sources, rather than grabbing my pitchfork and lighting my torch because the Mail is on another of its Middle England whip-ups.

[-SharonA-]

Poor man. He was only doing what anybody else would do. The law is so wrong and needs to be changed.

[MallyJ]

Andy Hughes.....agree totally with you...but you must give the Mail it's due..it is hilarious!

[gingejbee]

I do hope that andy isn't suggesting that the Mail isn't reporting the whole story fairly without any bias...the very idea!

[New Judge]

Easy meat.

Far easier to arrest a 67 year old JP than to pursue a gang of "civil trespassers" (the term used by the police for three car loads of thugs bearing clubs, iron bars and allegedly a gun). Mr Stringer apparently remains "under investigation" whilst the case against the "civil trespassers" has been closed.

[New Judge]

"The law is so wrong and needs to be changed."

There's nothing wrong with the law, Sharon. It is perfectly adequate. What needs changing is the way police investigate such crimes.

[baza]

Had the perps just come from brewery oop north ?

[sp1814]

There’s so much wrong with this story.

He could be lying.

[New Judge]

"Had the perps just come from brewery oop north ?"

Don't think so, Baza. It seems some, if not all of the people Mr Stringer assaulted were "of colour" (which I think is a characteristic somewhat rare among "travellers"). Apparently Mr Stringer is being investigated for using the "N" word (the name of Wing Commander Guy Gibson's dog). The story is that the civil trespassers referred to themselves using that term (perfectly acceptable, of course). Mr Stringer repeated it as he was striking them about the fists and boots with his head and was promptly and quite justifiably arrested for racially aggravated assault.

[Theland]

Yes you can't call a *** a *** even if they behave like a *** can you?

[douglas9401]

If they'd like to play the race card at my front door they'll get worse.

Animals.

[Spicerack]

You seem to have provided a source of great hilarity for some of our lefty friends, youngmaf.
I wouldn't want to see anyone attacked in their own home by a gang but if it's going to happen, give it to the people who find it funny rather than normal people who find it terrifying.

[sp1814]

Spicerack

That’s if the man is telling the truth.

Something odd about this story.

Armed men turn up at his front door, and the police are unable to find any weapon?

Were the men known to his assailants? What were they doing at his property?

[Jackdaw33]

There's certainly more to this than meets the eye.

[Sqad]

sp1814....I don't know any of the answers to your query BUT, if three cars full of blacks (or whites) pulled up outside my country residence and looked rather aggressive, i would phone the police and expect protection.
Now if whilst awaiting the presence of the police my family were in jeopardy then i would find my hockey stick and preferably a gun.

Daily Mail or no Daily Mail.

[david small]

I’d lay on the floor in the featus position and say please don’t hit poor ole whitey. I am feared of such as you is.
Or shoot the whimsical fellows full of buckshot.

[Baldric]

SP,

/// The millionaire property developer believes the incident – during which both sides allegedly used the racially incendiary n-word – may have arisen from a bitter dispute with a tenant over rent arrears ///

I always find reading the Link provided helps.

[andres]

The Sun gives a very different version of events.Dispute in garden with a former tenant. Magistrate armed with hockey stick. Other men waiting outside his garden and he used the' n'and 'f' words in a heated confrontation and told them to keep out of his garden. Police were called and magistrate arrested for racially aggravated assault.Afterwards magistrate found large kitchen knife in his garden. Now he plans to take out a private prosecution case against the intruders.

[sp1814]

david small

Are you writing using the grammar of what you think a black person sounds like?

[david small]

Sp1814. No. Black white yellow red brown you takes yer pick. Don’t look for what you don’t like.