Friday 5 August 2011

So, It Does Happen, Just Across The Border...

Police in Glasgow have launched an appeal for help after a man jumped out of bushes in one of Glasgow's busiest parks and shot a man in broad daylight yesterday.

The 20-year-old victim was walking his Jack Russell dog in the area of Queens Park that overlooks Victoria Road at around 1pm yesterday when his assailant emerged from bushed and shot him with an air rifle.
So far, so ordinary for Britain in 2011.

But this isn't:
A Strathclyde Police spokesman said the suspect is described as an Asian male in his mid 20's and of thin build. He was wearing a black polo shirt and black three-quarter length trousers....`It is believed that the suspect shouted some verbal abuse at the injured man prior to discharging the weapon and as such police are treating this incident as racially motivated.'
Well, well, well...

17 comments:

Dippyness. said...

Happens more than people think, just doesn't get reported. Sad indictment of todays society. :(

Pavlov's Cat said...

I wonder if the verbal abuse was more along the lines of 'you Jock git' in which case RACIST

Rather than 'Take that whitey' which as everyone knows is not racist.

Pavlov's Cat said...

in fact lo and behold

Postman who scrawled 'Andy Murray is a useless jock' on a poster is fined £3,000 for racism

Anonymous said...

During the last decade, the Glaswegian kiss evolved so quickly that it would be entirely premature to rule out, say, Sunni versus Shiite.

Naturally, the possibility that some other shiite was involved cannot be ruled out at this stage.

Captain Haddock said...

@ Anon ..

" ... it would be entirely premature to rule out, say, Sunni versus Shiite" ...

Perhaps they were both members of the Black Watch ?

The Low Road said...

Asian or not, had the man leapt from the undergrowth wearing a kilt and shouting "See you Jimmy, ye fookin' lily-livered Sassenach!" there would be no cause for concern.

SBC said...

""See you Jimmy, ye fookin' lily-livered Sassenach!" there would be no cause for concern."

Of course not, he's *obviously* still traumatised from the Highland Clearances (what, did you think the Serbs invented 'ethic cleansing'?!). Probably some 'reparations' would help.

Although personally I'm going to have fun with the fact that the ONLY people who can NOT be 'racially assaulted' are White Brits.

There was a precedent recently... a 'nazi' salute made to a German was classed as a racist attack (despite German not being a 'race' but a nationality).

So next time some Ploppy Clad Poppet decides to mouth off at us in the supermarket because the wife and I are speaking German in public I'm going to sue their ignorant racist arses off.

Such a traumatic experience can only be cured with lots of lovely money and legal aid :)

SBC said...

"what, did you think the Serbs invented 'ethic cleansing'?!"

Should of course read 'ethNic'...damn you SpellCheck!

MTG said...

There is just an outside chance this may be the work of that infamous Sassenach hater, Angus McSingh.

uk Fred said...

Shame that they don't treat verbal abuse towards white girls by asians in West Yorkshire as racial abuse and take so long to get around to investigating that the video tapes have been erased.

Captain Haddock said...

@ SBC ..

" .. some Ploppy Clad Poppet ... "

Sorry mate, you're gonna have to explain that one to me .. ;)

blueknight said...

It's a start but one might be forgiven for thinking the suspect might be a triad?

SBC said...

"Sorry mate, you're gonna have to explain that one to me .. ;)"

You know the sort of people who not only wear a poppy but have one on their cars all year round...they are like those dolls the little girls used to have...'Poppy Poppets'... or Holly Hobbits or wtf they were called.

Captain Haddock said...

@ SBC ..

Ahh .. right, thanks .. it was the "Ploppy" bit which I couldn't quite work out .. ;)

Laban said...

"The Sheriff's Court heard that the assailant shouted 'English b*******' at the victim before shooting him. At this point in the evidence it was ruled that there was no case to answer, and the defendant was awarded £50 from public funds."

SBC said...

@ Capt Haddock....oh you meant the pLoppy...that was just cos I'm too retarded to type straight.

JuliaM said...

" Sad indictment of todays society. :("

Agreed.

"I wonder if the verbal abuse was more along the lines of 'you Jock git' in which case RACIST "

Oh, I hadn't thought of that!

"At this point in the evidence it was ruled that there was no case to answer, and the defendant was awarded £50 from public funds.""

:D