British Transport Police isays incidents of racism on London transport should be reported
Video: More ‘racist rants’ on London trains and Tube emerge
Dominic Gover, senior reporter
Thursday, December 1, 2011
1:42 PM
More video of apparently racist outbursts by passengers on London trains has emerged.
Two videos capturing offensive rants are drawing attention online, following the arrest this week of a woman suspected of a foul-mouthed rant on Croydon Tramlink.
Emma West was remanded in custody after appearing in court. It followed a video of her allegedly delivering a verbal blast to UK minorities going viral via YouTube.
Fears for her safety emerged because of the anger of web users sparked by the incident, which saw the video distributed widely.
The two new videos depict incidents on a train from London Bridge and on the Tube at Liverpool Street. They appear to have been posted as far back as 2009 and 2010.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “Anti-social behaviour like this is completely unacceptable and we would urge anyone who is the victim of such behaviour, or who witnesses it, to call police.
“It is important that incidents are reported either as they take place or, if that isn’t possible, as soon as possible afterwards as this allows us to respond and investigate quickly.”
West was charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence over the incident. She is due back in court on December 6.
CAUTION: THE VIDEOS BELOW CONTAIN VERY STRONG LAUNGUAGE AND OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.
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Cannot see what the fuss is all about as there are these people walking the Streets of the UK everyday but these ladies were dumb and could not string a cohesive sentence together and really showed themselves up to be from the dregs of society. Both these ladies have deep rooted issues and The Ethnic Group is an easy target. Thank goodness we don't have to wake up next to them and that poor young boy having to grow up with such a repulsive mother??? What chance for that child growing up without hate and anger.
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Anthony Alphonse
Friday, December 2, 2011
Why is it that these people can't seem to put a sentance together without using the "F" word. If they were able to put forward thier point in a reasoned calm fashion then maybe people would listen to thier arguments. As long as they confuse discussion with abuse, no one will listen to them. Mind you, maybe having these people out there isn't a bad thing as it reminds the vast majority of us of what small minded offensive people sound like.
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Simon Foster
Thursday, December 1, 2011