Why is it that this event seems to attract some of the low-life of society, or is it just because of the Police's extra vigilance during this weekend, that scoops up these characters?
/// Those caught had been wanted in connection for a range of offences including sex crimes, drugs and theft. A convicted violent serial sex offender, wanted in connection with another serious sexual assault, as arrested as well as a known gang member in connection with a recent burglary. ///
Pretty successful eh, perhaps they should carry on with these kind of 'stop and searches'?
/// ‘Police are actively discouraged from making arrests by senior officers for fear of sparking a riot situation, and I have seen serious criminal offences taking place while we are powerless to act... There is a significant criminal minority who exploit it in the full knowledge that the police will tread extremely lightly... The record of the Carnival is pretty appalling.’ ///
Glen Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation,
I was honestly unaware that the link I posted was a BNP site.
/// But this year - at long last - the truth came out. Glen Smyth, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, spilled the beans. In a statement on Radio 4 at the end of the Carnival, he said:- ///
But that statement by Glen Smith who broadcast it on Radio 4, must be true no matter how long ago he said it.