“Racist” Schoolgirl (14 yrs old) Arrested in al-Britannia
From the desk of Fjordman on Thu, 2006-10-12 23:36

In al-Britannia, you end up in jail if you complain that immigrants do not speak English, but if you are saying that those who insult Islam should be killed, it’s OK.
A quote from The Manchester Evening News, 12 October 2006:
A teenage girl was questioned by police after allegedly making a racist remark to Asian students in the classroom. The 14-year-old pupil had refused to take part in a science tutorial with five other students at Harrop Fold High School, Salford, after claiming they didn't speak English. After questioning by police she was released without charge but the school say they are investigating the matter.
[…] Head Dr Antony Edkins said: “An allegation of a serious nature was made concerning a racially motivated remark by one student towards a group of Asian students new to the school and this country.”
A quote from the Daily Mail, 13 October 2006:
A teenage schoolgirl was arrested by police for racism after refusing to sit with a group of Asian students because some of them did not speak English. Codie Stott’s family claim she was forced to spend three-and-a-half hours in a police cell after she was reported by her teachers. According to Codie, the five – four boys and a girl – then began talking in a language she didn't understand, thought to be Urdu, so she went to speak to the teacher.
“I said ‘I’m not being funny, but can I change groups because I can’t understand them?’ But she started shouting and screaming, saying ‘It’s racist, you’re going to get done by the police’.” Codie said she went outside to calm down where another teacher found her and, after speaking to her class teacher, put her in isolation for the rest of the day.
A complaint was made to a police officer based full-time at the school, and more than a week after the incident on September 26 she was taken to Swinton police station and placed under arrest. “They told me to take my laces out of my shoes and remove my jewellery, and I had my fingerprints and photograph taken,” said Codie. “It was awful.”
[…] Robert Whelan, deputy director of the Civitas think-tank, said: […] “A lot of these
arrests don’t result in prosecutions – the aim is to frighten us into self-censorship until we watch everything we say.”
A quote from The Daily Telegraph, 29 September 2006:
The Metropolitan Police has also decided not to take action against the controversial Muslim figure, Anjem Choudary, who allegedly said in a television interview about the row over the Pope that anyone who insulted the Muslim faith would be “subject to capital punishment”.
Some people, apparently, do not have to watch everything they say. The less control the authorities have with Muslims, the more control they want to exercise over non-Muslims. This strange mix of powerful censorship of public debate, yet little control over public law and order, has by some been labeled anarcho-tyranny. The reason why European authorities are becoming increasingly totalitarian in their censorship efforts is to conceal the fact that they are no longer willing or able to uphold even the most basic security of their citizenry.
Stalin Lives.
Submitted by Rufus3698 on Fri, 2006-10-13 08:08.
Kids are likely to say or do anything. That's why they can't vote, drink or drive cars. They're not in control of themselves. To take a 14 year old for a talk with Mr. Policeman because of something she said is nothing more than child abuse.
PhD
Submitted by Voyager on Fri, 2006-10-13 08:41.
Antony Edkins
Antony Edkins is currently Executive Headteacher of Harrop Fold School, a school facing challenging circumstances and currently in Special Measures in the City of Salford LEA. He has been Head of Falmer High School in Brighton and most recently has been Head of Secondary Improvement for East Sussex, which is working in partnership with the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT).
Antony has been involved with Education Extra, now ContinYou, from the beginning, introducing the importance of oshl to numerous schools. He is pleased to say that this work has been sustained in each of the schools.
Edkins
Let's not jump to conclusions...
Submitted by Kapitein Andre on Fri, 2006-10-13 05:59.
Firstly, we do not know if the accused student made any derogatory race-related remarks to the Asian students in question. Secondly, we do not know if the accused made such comments to the teacher in question.
Thirdly, police involvement is not surprising, considering that Western public education overreacts at what was once considered "normal" behaviour. F.e. several years ago I witnessed a policeman cordoning off a classroom after hours and questioning witnesses because one kid punched another. He used a tape-measure to re-create the "crime" scene and the pattern of events. Thus, I am not surprised that this alleged remark would require C.S.I.
However, it seems that the accused did the "right thing" by consulting the teacher first, instead of humiliating the Asians, and that the teacher over-reacted for any number of reasons.* New Labour and its minions must realize that going StaSi on a 14 year-old girl will not end English xenophobia and/or Islamophobia.
*The teacher was non-White or an "anti-racist" crusader. Certainly the headmaster's comments are biased against the accused, and does not deserve the distinction of a doctorate, which usually signifies above-average intelligence.
re: Let's not jump to conclusions...
Submitted by coldsack on Fri, 2006-10-13 06:15.
I disagree strongly about a doctorate signifying above-average intelligence. It signifies only that the recipient was capable of staying in higher education a long time - no sign of intelligence, frankly.
Crackpot
Submitted by Voyager on Fri, 2006-10-13 07:33.
This is crackpot policing caused by a crackpot government which made the police investigate every single complaint on grounds of race or sexuality or be cited an abn accessory to the alleged offence themselves.
What is really bizarre is that a Science Class for a public examination class should have within it 4 Asian pupils who had only just arrived in Britain and spoke only Urdu.
This is criminally insane. To allocate a girl who had been absent at a hospital the previous day to catch up from girls who conversed in Urdu was outrageous and the teacher should be disciplined and fired for failing in her duty of care to the pupil.
Noone should be permitted in a British School unless they are conversant in English.
This is symptomatic of why educational standards are collapsing, and why the police are held in such contempt. This society is heading to the breakers - let us hope that whatever regime replaces this farce is competent