Racist?

[Svejk]

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Iranian-Mohammed-Akhlaghi-racially-abused-Hull/story-28899904-detail/story.html

[Svejk]

Now, if it happened in Cardiff....

[naomi24]

I can't read your link, Svejk. An advert which I can't get rid of keeps popping up over the whole page. Any chance of a short synopsis?

[Old_Geezer]

I wish all posters who provide a link would back it up with a synopsis.


Iranian Mohammed Akhlaghi racially abused Hull parking warden by calling him 'English'

A MAN attacked and racially abused a parking warden after being given a ticket.

Mohammed Akhlaghi used the word "English" and swore at the warden during an exchange on August 6 last year, as well as pushing him in the back.

...

[Old_Geezer]

General impression is that someone who got a parking ticket and abused the warden tried unsuccessfully to play the race card. "You ticketed me because I'm Iranian", type of thing.

[naomi24]

Is the warden suing because the man called him 'English" (can't see anything wrong with that personally), or because the man pushed him in the back?

[Svejk]

An Iranian gimmegrant, who's been here 7 jobless years but still can't speak English, got a parking ticket. (yeah, I don't know how he can afford a car or get a licence)
Anyhoo, he pushed the traffic warden down and got done for assault.
But the crux of the story is; He called the warden 'English' so they called it racially aggravated assault. Lol.

[naomi24]

Pathetic!

[Svejk]

https://www.rt.com/uk/335243-racism-iranian-hull-english/

[naomi24]

What a load of rubbish.

[Old_Geezer]

My mistake, I took the bit where he had been the victim of racial abuse himself, too seriously. That and I found it difficult to believe that the attack was racially motivated rather than angry at getting a ticket.

Mind you, when some words used to describe foreign nationals are considered racist by some when they need not be anything of the sort: it was only a matter of time when the same nonsense would be aimed the other way around.

[naomi24]

I do wish people would stop being so 'precious' about everything and just get over it. They end up meeting themselves coming back!

[Svejk]

Ah, but what if the warden was a taff, naomi?

[naomi24]

Well, that would be different, of course. Shock horror!! That would have scarred him for life! Compensation time.

[bazwillrun]

Just another lying piece of k r a p thats managed to pull the wool over the eyes of the judiciary....

how did he pass his driving test with his "limited" English and all thats involved ?

taken for mugs yet again...

[Cloverjo]

Ridiculous. I understand why it's ok to call someone an Aussie or a Yank, but not call a Pakistani the p-word. Calling someone English is not racist or abusive.

[THECORBYLOON]

He had pled guilty, what are you on about?

[bazwillrun]

"He had pled guilty, what are you on about ? "

he has limited English and though that meant innocent...

[THECORBYLOON]

How did he pull the wool over the judiciary?

[mrs_overall]

I have been dealing with an official by email and last week had cause to speak to him on the phone. I assumed he was English until I heard his voice and my first comment was "Ah, you are Scottish."
I shall pack my toothbrush and wait for a visit from Plod.

[Gromit]

That s an awful website in the link. Unusable.