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by Forty Two » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:38 pm
Of the 664 homicides recorded in the year ending June 2017, 34 resulted from the Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena and London Bridge attacks - there were no such deaths last year. The attacks also accounted for the majority of the 426 additional attempted murders registered by police. Arrests for terror-related offences went up as well, from 226 to 379, across England, Wales and Scotland, though that number also includes people detained for far-right extremism.
So, the 13% rise did, in fact, take place "amid" the spread of Islamic terrorism.
Amid.
Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said Mr Trump's comments could fuel hate crime. LOL. Really? Brits read a tweet accurately reporting an increase in crime "amid" the spread of Islamic terrorism which is, in fact, occurring, and Brits are, what? Going to run out and attack Moslems? If not, how, pray tell, will it "fuel" hate crime?
Labour MP Yvette Cooper also blamed Trump's tweet and things like it for increasing hate crimes by 30% in the UK. LOL. However, that rise is attributed at least in part to increased public awareness and changes in the law, which broadened the definition of hate crimes to the point that almost any verbal or physical assault can be categorized as one if the victim interprets it as such. It wasn't that Brits have become more prone to race and religion based attacks. Looks like her statement is "ignorant."
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
