UK Reporter Patrick Henningson joins Alex Jones with his eyewitness account of racial riots, beatings, carjackings, lootings and more in London.
While the riots now spreading across London started in many cases along racial lines, most of the looting has fanned out into a flash response from the underclass to lash out against business and snatch-and-grab consumerist goods. At the same time, UK reporter Patrick Henningson was among those who witnessed the brutal violence being carried out on the streets. While he was barricaded inside a local pub, he saw racial beatings carried out by groups of what he described as Afro-Caribbean black youths targeting whites. Meanwhile, the authorities in London are preparing to implement a martial law crackdown on the riots, putting in place greater restrictions on liberties as a preplanned "response."
Henningson reports routinely for his website 21st Century Wire, Russia Today, Infowars.com and many other outlets.
A black councillor who called an Asian colleague a ‘coconut’ during a heated meeting was yesterday found guilty of racial harrassment.
Lib Dem Shirley Brown, 48, used the term to describe her counterpart Conservative Jay Jethwa at a Bristol City Council debate last year.
The jibe is used to accuse someone of betraying their heritage by pandering to 'white' opinion - as a coconut is white in the middle but brown on the outside, the court heard.
Mrs Jethwa, 42, did not hear the insult during the meeting but was alerted by a fellow councillor and later watched it on the council's webcast.
She wept at Bristol Magistrate's court yesterday as she recalled the ‘deeply upsetting’ moment she watched the footage.
Mrs Jethwa, who moved to England from India 24 years ago, said: ‘I was in the council offices and was asked if I'd heard what had been said.
‘When I heard it later that night I was shocked. I heard her say there was a word in her community for people like me and that word is coconut.
‘I was completely shocked and I was numb and had to rewind the footage to see if it was only me she had directed the comment to.
‘I was very very upset and distressed. The word is doubly insulting as it insults both me and the white population. She added that 'the water was either worth drinking or throwing away'. I consider this racist and saw her comments to mean that my comments were worth throwing out.’
Brown's outburst came came in response to Mrs Jethwa's proposal to cut funding to the city's Legacy Commission on February 24 last year, the court heard.
The project was set up in 2007 to educate people on the abolition of the slave trade two centuries ago.
She told the meeting that spending £750,000 of tax payers money ‘righting the wrongs of slavery’ did not make sense when Brown is alleged to have launched her racist tirade.
The Conservative Party lodged a formal complaint over the remarks to Bristol City Council on February 26.
A member of the public then complained to Avon and Somerset police and a criminal investigation was launched.
In July, Brown was suspended for a month by the council's Standards Committee for using ‘offensive and abusive language' but said they did not deem the term racist.
The suspension was then overturned on appeal by the Adjudication panel for England Tribunal Service in August and Brown was allowed to continue in her post.
But yesterday she was found guilty at racially aggravated harassment and given a 12-month conditional discharge.
Handing down his verdict at Bristol Magistrates Court, Chairman of the Bench Simon Cooper said: ‘She now, like so many other people, regrets in hindsight what she said.
‘She singled out that remark and therefore the remark was purely gratuitous and not concerned with the council debate.
‘In that context I am satisfied that Shirley Brown managed to cause distress to Councillor Jethwa. I am satisfied there was a potential for, albeit minor, public disorder and stimulation for racial hatred.’ Ordering her to pay £620 in costs: ‘You made a mistake for which you have to accept responsibility. It is a sad case.’
Speaking after the hearing Cllr Jethwa said: ‘I am satisfied with the court's decision. It vindicates the decision to prosecute. It sends out a message that such calculated insults will not be tolerated from any quarter.’
Dianne Abbott, the mouthpiece of the Labour Party, who is usually full of herself, goes pretty quiet when asked about her 'black women are better mothers' comment.
A council has been accused of discrimination after white people were barred from applying for two £18,000-a-year jobs.
Bristol City has created the management training posts for graduates in an effort to recruit more minority employees.
As a result the council will only accept applications from ethnic minorities for the two-year placements.
But this has prompted criticism from white graduates struggling to find work.
One jobseeker, who did not wish to be named, described the posts as 'totally racist'.
He said: 'I am a tolerant white person who has lived in Bristol for 27 years.
'I am searching for a job and stumbled across a job advertisement on Bristol City Council's website that I see as totally racist.
'I feel the job would be an excellent opportunity for me to make use of the skills and qualifications that I have acquired but, being white, I am excluded.
'Equal opportunities means giving everyone an equal chance to succeed rather than discriminating against people because of the colour of their skin.'
The two jobs are described on BCC's website as 'open to black and minority ethnic graduates' only, with applications closing on June 11.
'Islam will dominate the world - Osama is on his way' and 'Kill Gordon Brown' on the plinth of the memorial
A Muslim protester who daubed a war memorial with graffiti glorifying Osama Bin Laden and proclaiming 'Islam will dominate the world' walked free from court after prosecutors ruled his actions were not motivated by religion.
Tohseef Shah, 21, could have faced a tougher sentence if the court had accepted that the insults - which included a threat to kill the Prime Minister - were inspired by religious hatred.
But - citing a loophole in the law - the Crown Prosecution Service chose not to charge him with that offence and he escaped with only a two-year conditional discharge and an order to pay the council £500 compensation after admitting causing criminal damage.
Yesterday the decision was attacked by politicians and veterans who were shocked by the desecration of the memorial in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, chairman of the Parliamentary Counter Terrorism sub-committee, said: 'This is an outrage against our war dead.'
Shah sprayed the words 'Islam will dominate the world - Osama
is on his way' and 'Kill Gordon Brown' on the plinth of the memorial in December.
He was arrested after his DNA was found on the discarded spray-can but refused to give an explanation for his actions or show any remorse, a court heard.
A file was sent to lawyers at the Counter Terrorism Division of the CPS in London to see if there was a racially or religiously motivated connotation.
However when Shah appeared before magistrates this week, prosecutor Andrew Bodger said: 'It was decided there was not enough evidence to prove this, and they decided it was politically motivated."
Defending, Mumtaz Chaudry said Shah did not hold extremist views. 'This is nothing to do with his religious beliefs, his family's beliefs or his cultural beliefs,' he said. 'He is just an ordinary guy. He is remorseful, but at the time of his interview he was simply answering questions and didn't realise that was the right time to show remorse.'
Local veterans reacted with horror last night. Roy Whenman, 78, who fought in the Korean War, said: 'If what he wrote on the memorial wasn't evidence of racial or religious hatred then what is?
'The memorial commemorates people of my generation who died for our freedom as well as those fighting in wars today.
'It's diabolical that someone could deface it in this way.'
Previously, Dennis Fletcher, chairman of East Staffordshire Racial Equality Council, said he suspected someone from the far right was responsible.
He said: “I suspect members of the far right have done this to stir things up and there are generally very good inter-cultural relations in East Staffordshire. Graffiti of any type is terrible but when it includes racist material it has to be considered utterly unacceptable.”
I wonder what he has to say now he knows it was a muslim and not someone on the 'far right'.
RAILWAY police are hunting a gang of thugs who told three teenagers: “Lick our boots” during a 30-minute terror journey into Birmingham.
Officers said the boys – two 16-year-olds and another aged 17 – were also threatened with violence and suffered a “humiliating and degrading” ordeal at the hands of the gang.
British Transport Police today released CCTV images of eight people, including a girl, they want to trace in connection with the incident.
It happened when the louts boarded the New Street-bound train at Blake Street Station, near Sutton Coldfield.
Det Con Tim Friend, from British Transport Police, described the ordeal as “degrading bullying” and appealed for help to find the culprits.
“A group of between eight and ten Asian males and females bullied the lads for the whole of the 30-minute journey,” he said.
“They were told ‘kiss our feet’ and anyone who said no was threatened with violence. It was pretty unpleasant.”
A British Transport Police spokesman said: “We are seeking to identify the individuals pictured who we would like to speak to in connection with a robbery on a train service between Blake Street and New Street stations.
“Three young males were subjected to a protracted ordeal of bullying before having property stolen under threat of further violence.”
The victims were heading into the city for a concert on board a train that left Lichfield City station at 5.50pm on November 9 last year.
Police said the ordeal lasted until the train arrived at New Street.
The frightened lads were eventually robbed of their mobile phones, cash, train tickets and one had a concert ticket stolen.
Their assailants were seen giggling and joking with each other as they left the train.
The victims raised the alarm shortly after the train arrived in Birmingham, telling police the torment left them feeling “humiliated and degraded”.
Police checked CCTV footage from the station and Pallasades shopping centre to catch the culprits.
Detectives are now appealing to Birmingham Mail readers to help identify a group of people they want to speak to in connection with the incident after their own investigations drew a blank.
* Anyone who recognises those in the images or who has any information about the incident should contact Det Con Tim Friend on 0121 654 2244 or 0800 405040.
Lib Dem parliamentary candidate David Jack resigns after an offensive email was sent from his official email address.
The Liberal Democrats have launched an investigation into the incident after learning about it earlier today.
A spokesperson said: "We were first alerted to this email exchange earlier today. David Jack is no longer a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats and we have launched an immediate investigation."
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Cathy Newman has spoken to Mr Jack, who denies sending the email, which contains sexually offensive and racist language - although he admits it did come from his official email account.
Mr Jack said he had been drinking in Stoke last Friday night when the email was sent at 10.24pm but he was nowhere near his home computer in Cheshire.
The email contains the following sentences (we have removed any reference to the recipient to protect their identity, but Channel 4 News can confirm it was sent to someone with a name of Asian extraction).
Warning: you may find the language used extremely offensive.
"...if I was you I would f*** back off to the hills of tora borro (sic), I have your home address, you are f***** sunshine, we shall see who has got balls now you two faced lying f****** paki... your cards f*****... prison awaits you b** boy. Think your (sic) brave, you don't know the line you have crossed you f*** witt (sic) - keep looking over you shoulder theif! (sic)"
It is not so long ago that a woman trying to post a parcel to her son in the army was turned away by the asian postmaster.
It is not so long ago that an asian working in Asda wouldn't serve a woman because she was wearing a bracelet that showed support for our troops.
And now we come to today's story...
Three weeks ago, an asian man working at Waltham abbey's Sainsbury's was suspended for saying our troops in Afghanistan got everything they deserved (while sporting an Al Qaeda scarf) and calling someone 'white trash'.
The man, who constantly throws the race card. has got away with it by stating 'it was only a bit of banter'.
This person, Boz Rahman, is due to start back at Sainsbury's on Sunday, thanks to USDAW, the union he left two years ago. USDAW said 'it was up to them if they represented him and the convenor chose to'.
USDAW donated nearly £800,000 to Labour last year. In fact, Labour rely heavily on union funding and it is estimated they received around £10million in 2008.
