Misnomer, on 15 November 2024 - 09:21 AM, said:
Yes, really.
Nicola Wilcox, the woman from Harehills, who was giving police officers refreshments, who told the rioters to 'go home, you are devaluing property', was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated order abuse, spent 13 hours in a police cell, but was never charged. So she requested information as to why she was arrested.
She applied for a disclosure order. West Yorkshire police stated she 'disrupted a Romanian vigil (demonstration)'.
It's not exactly an example of two-tier policing though, is it? Ms Wilcox was held for 13 hours - it's not clear what for but I'm guessing it was probably a wee bit more serious than "go home, you are devaluing property" - and released. The rioters got long prison sentences - longer, in fact, than the people that set fire to the asylum seekers' lodgings in Wath on Dearne.
13 hours for being rude to Romanians
6 years for setting fire to a bus
Doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
This post has been edited by Arnold Tabbs: 15 November 2024 - 09:45 AM