Would This Be A Hate Crime As This Young Woman Has Suggested

[emmie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42242272

[douglas9401]

Isn't it stretching the meaning of 'hate' to breaking point in this case.

Had the guard beaten her to the floor because she insulted his manhood in defying an order then possibly.
Had he had her stoned for her cheek likewise.

There's no 'hate', just young folk being in turn stupid and shrill.

[-Talbot-]

I think colour, sex and religion is relevant
I don't necessarily think her colour is important



Well you've blinded me with science.

[kvalidir]

Christ, Talbot, you are so deliberately obtuse. I, personally, don't necessarily think that she was discriminated against because of her colour ( whatever it is) although she might have been), but it is none the less important to at least consider the possibility.

[shoota]

No 'crime' has been committed therefore it cannot be a 'hate crime'.

[Samuraisan]

Bound to happen now and again with so many cultures living side by side.

[Togo]

// but given that the security guard is male and black, he might discriminate against anyone not in his own sexual, religious or ethnic group,//

Oohh goody not just white males that are racist misogynists then. Perhaps he was a "recent introduction" to our diverse culture. Besides the point mind. Anybody who eats that puke needs a wake up call.

[andy-hughes]

woofgang - // Andy that's a clump round the ear I owe you :) //

Fully deserved - but you'll have to catch me first!!

[emmie]

so why did the young woman in question suggest it was a hate crime

[Togo]

Because she wanted it to be. There are some who "need" it to be.

[naomi24]

Very odd. McDonald’s in Holloway Road must be accustomed to seeing people in Niqabs in the restaurant. Perhaps there’s more to it.

[emmie]

that is exactly what i thought.

[tamborine]

"If you want to dress modestly, you should have the right to dress modestly and it shouldn't be politicised," said the 19-year-old.

Construed as its immodest to show your face - cheeky tart!

[Mamyalynne]

She's being melodramatic.

He hadn't been briefed on his job correctly or conversely made up his own rules.

[Mamyalynne]

Lovely turn of phrase Tambo.

[tamborine]

Call me immodest for showing my face could draw more explicit language, mamya

[Mamyalynne]

I imagine so.

[emmie]

she was showing her face i believe. it was just the Headscarf that the man complained about, perhaps there is more to this story, just don;t seem right somehow.

[Mamyalynne]

Nip over there and get the real story Em.

[tamborine]

No image proof emmie. A hijab only shows eyes

[emmie]

haven't been to a Mcd for years, unlikely to go traipsing over to Holloway to find out what happened. Perhaps she had words with the man about something else, or its just a lass getting her headscarf in a twist....