Grenfell “Bonfire”

[User2021]

The video popped up on twitter yesterday.
I read this morning five men handed themselves in and have subsequently been arrested.

Wtf?
The commentary on the video is as bad as the act of making the model.

Some sick individuals about

 

[User2021]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1059456250897928192

 

[User 99]

Very poor taste but what's the crime ?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Deeply horrible, disgusting people. Not sure it is a police matter though. I'm sure they will be named at some point and the consequences will be enormous for them, rightly so.

 

[User2021]

Very poor taste but what's the crime ?

Assume something like public order or racial - judging by the commentary.

 

[User 99]

never heard anything racial in it ? Public order ? If that's a public order offence then every single bonfire is a public order offence.

 

[User2021]

never heard anything racial in it ? Public order ? If that's a public order offence then every single bonfire is a public order offence.

A slang term for black people is used in the commentary, if you listen carefully.

 

[User 99]

A slang term for black people is used in the commentary, if you listen carefully.

Ninja ? I can think of another slang term for black people but ninja isn't one of them.

 

[User2021]

Ninja ? I can think of another slang term for black people but ninja isn't one of them.

certainly is in parts of London.
Ninja and swamp ninja are used as derogatory terms.

 

[User 99]

Fair enough, wasn't aware of that.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Assume something like public order or racial - judging by the commentary.

They have been arrested under a public order offence

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46106224

It’s disgraceful and disgusting but it’s not shocking in this current climate

 

[Hobbit]

A sick joke in the extreme. A public order offence, "causing alarm or distress." There's a number of other areas covered by public order offences. Its one of those laws that has a wide scope, as a catch-all.

It certainly comes under the "distress" bit. It wasn't done to deliberately "incite" but ignorance isn't a defence. Its an emotive, raw subject and sentencing, if found guilty, could be a bit harsh.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I thought I had no filter and pretty much nothing was off limits... turns out there is a line and this crossed it. Poor taste.

 

[Jensen]

Ignorant and sick people. Disgusting

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Sadly a new “low” absolutely disgusting.

 

[Orikoru]

Very poor taste but what's the crime ?

Have to agree. It's an absolutely awful attempt at humour, very misguided, but I'm not sure what law they have broken.

 

[Fade and Die]

certainly is in parts of London.
Ninja and swamp ninja are used as derogatory terms.

I think it’s a derogatory term for Asian woman that wear the niqab.
The whole thing is in very bad taste but I’m not sure it’s a criminal offence.

Why do these morons feel the need to post everything they do online though? Maybe have a drunken giggle in your own company but as soon as you post it online (maybe to gain a few “likes”) it’s in the public domain and subject to action.

 

[User 99]

I think it’s a derogatory term for Asian woman that wear the niqab.
The whole thing is in very bad taste but I’m not sure it’s a criminal offence.

Why do these morons feel the need to post everything they do online though? Maybe have a drunken giggle in your own company but as soon as you post it online (maybe to gain a few “likes”) it’s in the public domain and subject to action.

Yep, the offence is gross stupidity for posting online, much like the clowns who gopro their wild riding/driving then post the clips online, just to look the big cheese then get done for it.

 

[User2021]

I think it’s a derogatory term for Asian woman that wear the niqab.
The whole thing is in very bad taste but I’m not sure it’s a criminal offence.

Why do these morons feel the need to post everything they do online though? Maybe have a drunken giggle in your own company but as soon as you post it online (maybe to gain a few “likes”) it’s in the public domain and subject to action.

Also something to do with cotton picking apparently

 

[drdel]

Stupid and in extremely bad taste.

But... I'm left wondering...

What if perpetrators were not white.
What if it was a political character.
What if it was the union jack
...etc, etc.
Plenty of examples of people burning stuff in public as a protest that many would find disturbing. Taking it forward as a criminal matter may be OTT.