Totally agree. I’m 79 years old and I remember when the Police were apolitical. They were respected by the general public. It’s the top echelons who are at fault for destroying the institution.
Just a couple of points, he wasn't murdered with a Kirpan. A kirpan is a very small ceremonial object. This was an actual weapon. Diwa was fixated with weapons, and had dozens of such knives in his room at home. He had been "training with weapons" since he was 5 years old - this was not a regular, law abiding Sikh man, but a man obsessed with knives and using knives as weapons. His religion I believe has nothing to do with it, we are looking at psychology of a damaged individual.
How many knife crimes are committed on a daily bases? Far too many. How many by Sikh men? This is the first I've heard of in my 55 years and to say one incident is evidence of a lack of integration is utter bollocks. On the contrary, Sikhs and Hindus are some of the most well integrated of the South Asian population in the UK. Many have lived here for several generations, they are universally known to be hard working and patriotic. I've known many.
The police response is a different matter.
One of the officers has been allowed to retire on full pension. The others remain on duty.
This is unconscionable. In my view they should face criminal prosecution for aiding the murderer and complete dereliction of duty. They are a disgrace to the uniform. I know some really good coppers. They are disgusted at the behaviour shown by those Hampshire officers.
The thrust of Pete's piece is indeed about the police response.
When you say 'Sikhs and Hindus are some of the most well integrated of the South Asian population in the UK', I presume you mean in comparison to Muslims, but that's not exactly a high bar.
No, I didn't as it happens. It isn't Sikhs and Hindus sending our benefits bill sky high, they have a phenomenal work ethic, speak English and keep their religion behind closed doors mostly. This case isn't about a Sikh and a white man. It's about yet another murderous nutter carrying a knife intent on killing. And in point of fact, it was not his tiny ceremonial dagger he used. But a 21" monster.
‘This case isn't about a Sikh and a white man.’ That’s a little dishonest. The perpetrator’s family falsely played the race card, which led to the victim’s arrest as he bled out. I’m not saying race/religion is the only or primary issue, but it clearly is pertinent to this case.
Nope. If he'd been black and a British citizen that would have set the cat amongst the pigeons. The fact that he was white and not obviously unBritish was the key to the episode, plus the lies told by the perpetrator, plus the training in DEI given to the officers.
It's difficult to blame the everyday cop who implements his training perfectly. Starmer said he was going to crack down hard on any sort of discrimination towards immigrants, and the way the cops acted towards Henry was evidence of this. The cops who were first on the scene did not just make a call that the guy lying on the ground was guilty, they have been trained to treat racist actions as priority one.
You cant say the individual cops were in dereliction of duty, this generation of cops are trained to do exactly what they did to Henry.
This will be controversial but we need to dump the collective mindset that racism is the worst thing ever, and trumps everything including physical assault. It is unpleasant and ignorant but has been elevated to a religious sacrament.
The police have always been a part of the problem. Law enforcement should be local and accountable to the community it serves. One of the reasons traitors impose multiculturalism and Balkanise countries is to make this impossible.
One of the biggest problems we face, if not THE biggest problem, is extremely poor leadership from politicians, police chiefs, top brass, quango leaders, CEOs and the rest of the mainly cosmopolitan woke managerial elite that in addition are a captured institutional class that care more about themselves than the people they serve.
But it does stand. And will continue to do so. The system is broken. The signs are civic decline will deteriorate further. The Police are incompetent, the judges insane, the politicians corrupt. Things are just, well, getting worse. Even if we started to turn it all around now, today, successfully, it would take a generation - likely more. And there is no indication of any remediation taking place. On the contrary. Sauve qui peut
Carrying of the sword mandated by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in 1699. Think the sikh religion needs updating to they no longer carry one in Britain.. if not then its not not compatible with life in Britain.
Totally agree. I’m 79 years old and I remember when the Police were apolitical. They were respected by the general public. It’s the top echelons who are at fault for destroying the institution.
Just a couple of points, he wasn't murdered with a Kirpan. A kirpan is a very small ceremonial object. This was an actual weapon. Diwa was fixated with weapons, and had dozens of such knives in his room at home. He had been "training with weapons" since he was 5 years old - this was not a regular, law abiding Sikh man, but a man obsessed with knives and using knives as weapons. His religion I believe has nothing to do with it, we are looking at psychology of a damaged individual.
How many knife crimes are committed on a daily bases? Far too many. How many by Sikh men? This is the first I've heard of in my 55 years and to say one incident is evidence of a lack of integration is utter bollocks. On the contrary, Sikhs and Hindus are some of the most well integrated of the South Asian population in the UK. Many have lived here for several generations, they are universally known to be hard working and patriotic. I've known many.
The police response is a different matter.
One of the officers has been allowed to retire on full pension. The others remain on duty.
This is unconscionable. In my view they should face criminal prosecution for aiding the murderer and complete dereliction of duty. They are a disgrace to the uniform. I know some really good coppers. They are disgusted at the behaviour shown by those Hampshire officers.
The thrust of Pete's piece is indeed about the police response.
When you say 'Sikhs and Hindus are some of the most well integrated of the South Asian population in the UK', I presume you mean in comparison to Muslims, but that's not exactly a high bar.
No, I didn't as it happens. It isn't Sikhs and Hindus sending our benefits bill sky high, they have a phenomenal work ethic, speak English and keep their religion behind closed doors mostly. This case isn't about a Sikh and a white man. It's about yet another murderous nutter carrying a knife intent on killing. And in point of fact, it was not his tiny ceremonial dagger he used. But a 21" monster.
‘This case isn't about a Sikh and a white man.’ That’s a little dishonest. The perpetrator’s family falsely played the race card, which led to the victim’s arrest as he bled out. I’m not saying race/religion is the only or primary issue, but it clearly is pertinent to this case.
Indians in the UK have a significantly higher unemployment rate than Whites, despite the institutional discrimination against the latter.
Lots of Indians here are Muslim, from Kashmiri for example.
It’s about an immigrant and a white British citizen . You can try to sugarcoat it any way you want to, but that’s the truth
It's about an immigrant and a British citizen. Good enough for you?
Nope. If he'd been black and a British citizen that would have set the cat amongst the pigeons. The fact that he was white and not obviously unBritish was the key to the episode, plus the lies told by the perpetrator, plus the training in DEI given to the officers.
A kirpan is a weapon. It should be classed as such in law and any Sikh who objects to this can always move back to his ancestral country.
A community worker myself and also had no problem with Sikhs.
However, in this case, the actions of his family are particularly telling- especially branding a judge racist for the conviction.
This family clearly have no regard hot their hosting nation
The family are guests in our country and show utter contempt and disrespect for the country, the judge and the native people clearly.
South Asians being supposedly 'well integrated' means they not, as a group, terrorists or compelled to be so by their faith.
It's difficult to blame the everyday cop who implements his training perfectly. Starmer said he was going to crack down hard on any sort of discrimination towards immigrants, and the way the cops acted towards Henry was evidence of this. The cops who were first on the scene did not just make a call that the guy lying on the ground was guilty, they have been trained to treat racist actions as priority one.
You cant say the individual cops were in dereliction of duty, this generation of cops are trained to do exactly what they did to Henry.
Sadly I fear you are right.
This will be controversial but we need to dump the collective mindset that racism is the worst thing ever, and trumps everything including physical assault. It is unpleasant and ignorant but has been elevated to a religious sacrament.
My take 100%
They see racism as worse than murder or child rape. Their moral compass is broken.
In reality, it's a vanity project.
'Look at how great and nice I am'
Woke ideology has imprinted a particularly odious stain on British policing. I hope this wakes the masses from their slumber.
Ordinary people are discussing police bias. Today I overheard a couple of lads discussing it with the owner of my local gym. It's plain as day.
Unfortunately, I believe most will double down. Or else, they have admitted to being wrong.
There has to be punishment for the police too.
Just sacking is no warning to others.
I’m glad you mentioned the heads of the police.
Their removal, prosecution, withdrawal of honours and cancelling of pension (for bringing the service into disrepute) is essential.
The police are civilisations back stop. They have failed the populace and need to be the first authorities to be prosecuted.
We live under a anti White Anarcho-tyranny.
Police in Britain are handcuffing people for social media posts. Don't they realize how insane this looks to the rest of the world?
This is coming to every Western nation. But yes, for sensible people recognize that this is insane.
The police have always been a part of the problem. Law enforcement should be local and accountable to the community it serves. One of the reasons traitors impose multiculturalism and Balkanise countries is to make this impossible.
One of the biggest problems we face, if not THE biggest problem, is extremely poor leadership from politicians, police chiefs, top brass, quango leaders, CEOs and the rest of the mainly cosmopolitan woke managerial elite that in addition are a captured institutional class that care more about themselves than the people they serve.
"This cannot stand." But it will. The Regime is deaf.
But it does stand. And will continue to do so. The system is broken. The signs are civic decline will deteriorate further. The Police are incompetent, the judges insane, the politicians corrupt. Things are just, well, getting worse. Even if we started to turn it all around now, today, successfully, it would take a generation - likely more. And there is no indication of any remediation taking place. On the contrary. Sauve qui peut
I honestly don't know where it's going to end, but we can see where it's heading.
Excellent read.
Excellent.
Another great article. Thank you Pete.
Carrying of the sword mandated by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in 1699. Think the sikh religion needs updating to they no longer carry one in Britain.. if not then its not not compatible with life in Britain.
You’ve got much larger problems than broken police. You’ve got broken government, broken society, and a broken economy.
Nothing is going to change if you don’t fix your morale (society) first.