Man Arrested Over Anti-Semitic Abuse On Tube

[wolf63]

I feel for the children involved in this altercation on the train. They may not have been physically harmed but it would still have been a frightening incident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50533617

[emmie]

it must have been, yet another example of Anti Jewish hatred

[Mamyalynne]

I am glad he has been identified, again I'll say well done to all who stood up to him.

[emmie]

i did watch it on the news, thank heavens the woman stepped in, of course that could have gone horribly wrong with her getting hurt..

[ynnafymmi]

It wasnt a certain leader of the Labour Party was it?

[Mamyalynne]

No.

That silly game was tried on yesterday.

[emmie]

ynn not really funny is it, a guy minding his own business with children in tow gets verbally abused because he is Jewish, appalling

[ynnafymmi]

Silly game,Mamy?I was referring to the well known antipathy to the Jewish diaspora emanating from Labour HQ.

[Mamyalynne]

Not what this thread is about - start your own.

[ynnafymmi]

It will be interesting to find out what was behind his outburst then Emmie.Right-wing nutjob or left-wing nutjob.Labour and the left-wing seem to have more anti-semites at the moment.More shame them.

[jourdain2]

I'm glad they've caught the man involved. It must have been upsetting for the children, but all of us need to get used to the fact that people can be unpleasant and this sort of thing happens sometimes. It's certainly happened to me.

[youngmafbog]

Lets see what sentence he gets - if any.

And well done to the lady tht tried to intervene.

[Gromit]

The man was armed with a bible, and was verbally abusing Jewish people
// Right-wing nutjob or left-wing nutjob.Labour and the left-wing seem to have more anti-semites at the moment. //

No, he was a Christian nut-job.

And a wonderful example of humanity at its best from the Muslim lady, who seemed to be the only one standing up to the bigot. Well done her.

[royfromaus]

Gromit
And a wonderful example of humanity at its best from the Muslim lady, who seemed to be the only one standing up to the bigot. Well done her.




She wasn't the only one. The first man to defend the Jewish family was greeted with.

'You get outta my face, I'll smack you right in your nose man.
Back off I'm not no Christian pastor back the *** up man'


Was this was Another Gromit lie?
Was this just deliberate misinformation, or were you just too idle to check?

[Gromit]

royfromaus

There was not mention of the other guy helping in the news report in the link from the OP. I was responding to the news report. If it was reported elsewhere, that other commuters were helpful, then I didn’t see it. I am very pleased to learn that she was not alone, and well done to anyone who helped.

// Was this was Another Gromit lie? //
No. The report did not mention another guy.

// Was this just deliberate misinformation //
Nope, just posted what the article reported. If the BBC omitted details, then I could not know of them.

// or were you just too idle to check? //
I had heard the story being discussed on the radio earlier, and they too were praising the Muslim woman. And I read the link as posted.

[royfromaus]

Too idle it is then (Think about that the next time you jump on an Answerbanker for the same reason)


https://twitter.com/scatatkins/status/1197894489291055104

[Gromit]

royfromaus,

The actions of the Muslim woman rather overshadowed the contribution of other passengers in most of the news reports.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7717907/Muslim-woman-wins-praise-stopping-man-unleashing-abuse-Jewish-family-tube.html

I was not idle in not knowing another passenger helped because it was not widely reported. Most of the reports just concentrated on the Muslim woman. The fact that it has been brought to my attention that another passenger confronted the anti semite too, I was happy to praisehim too, and I have above.