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Swedish police accused of covering up rampant sexual abuse at music festival

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Get back on topic this is nothing to do with priests or past events ..
    This is about current event and events that some time very soon might be on our doorstep..
    Again going off topic and trying to turn this into a western people bashing thread..
    The thread is about whats going on currently in Europe and the rapes taking place been covered up no need to be trying to turn off topic
    Can we please get back to talking about the obvious cover up in Sweden and not get side tracked be people who are trying to derail this thread and have it shut?

    Mod:

    No back seat modding please. Report the post if you see the thread getting derailed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭.45auto


    The Irish navy are dragging refugees from the sea in the med. No problem with that. But we need to establish who these people are before dropping them off in Europe.

    There should be processing of them offshore. If they are Syrian no problem. If they are north african economic migrants they should be dropped back in north africa where they belong.

    Fine gael plans to give amnesty to 3000 economic migrants this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,540 ✭✭✭emo72


    http://www.hijra2ireland.com/

    muslims view our country very favorably. they dont want to assimilate.

    “Hijra to Ireland” is a non-political body that has set a goal to bring as many Muslims to the state as possible. We believe that Ireland is a place where Muslims can thrive and create sprawling communities that fulfil the will of our prophet, peace be upon him, and lead a Muslim life based on his teachings.

    We do not wish any harm to the Irish who have welcomed Muslims to their home for nearly a century. All we want is to coexist and build a life that enables each party to live the way it wants in a multicultural atmosphere without any fear."

    they want to get on but be separate. not sure im too comfortable with this, "sprawling communities" and fulfilling the the will of the prophet? unfortunately they dont think too kindly of kuffars, so i doubt that would end well for me.

    im just saying im not sure, can we not slow things down until we know whats going on?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭walshyn93


    The Irish navy are dragging refugees from the sea in the med. No problem with that. But we need to establish who these people are before dropping them off in Europe.

    There should be processing of them offshore. If they are Syrian no problem. If they are north african economic migrants they should be dropped back in north africa where they belong.

    They should be creating safe zones in Syria to send them back to. Taking them here is stupid. We know how that ends. It's much safer for all involved to keep them close to home.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭testaccount123


    emo72 wrote: »
    [im just saying im not sure, can we not slow things down until we know whats going on?
    Racist


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭The Highwayman


    The Irish navy are dragging refugees from the sea in the med. No problem with that. But we need to establish who these people are before dropping them off in Europe.

    There should be processing of them offshore. If they are Syrian no problem. If they are north african economic migrants they should be dropped back in north africa where they belong.

    Just like Australia does


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭stunmer


    Beliefs and cultures matter.

    They should be criticised just like any other set of ideas.

    For too long it hasn't been acceptable to criticise belief and culture for fear of offending. This is exactly what is happening in these coverups.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 333 ✭✭BigJackC


    stunmer wrote: »
    Beliefs and cultures matter.

    They should be criticised just like any other set of ideas.

    For too long it hasn't been acceptable to criticise belief and culture for fear of offending. This is exactly what is happening in these coverups.

    If there is a spate of violent and sexual assaults, they should be reported upon no matter what the perpetrators ethnicity is. It's unbelievable that the media and police have tried to cover this up. If you predicted what has happened across Europe in the past twelve months, you made have been called a right wing loon that needed sectioning.

    Yet here we are.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭StewartGriffin


    I think you are reading something you want to see into these posts instead of what I am writing.

    Mate, I'm reading exactly what you have written. There's no interpretation required. <snip>


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭Canadel


    If they are north african economic migrants they should be dropped back in north africa where they belong.
    Maybe you belong in North Africa.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    eisen1968 wrote: »
    little cuchulainn " the incidents had passed and were not ongoing" Yes a few women were raped but thankfully they aren't being raped any more. Move along now nothing to see here. Are you F.............ing serious?

    You aren't even addressing what I'm talking about. Why would the police report an incident that had occurred when there was no ongoing hazard. It's just not done. Police do not routinely report sexual assaults, or assaults in general unless they are specifically asked or there is an investigative reason. It's not their job to report the news. If you go to any country and look at the number of rapes reported on in the media and compare it to the number of reports actually reported to the police then you would find a very big discrepancy. This isn't due to any cover up, it's just standard practice.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 726 ✭✭✭RIGHTisRIGHT


    You aren't even addressing what I'm talking about. Why would the police report an incident that had occurred when there was no ongoing hazard. It's just not done. Police do not routinely report sexual assaults, or assaults in general unless they are specifically asked or there is an investigative reason. It's not their job to report the news. If you go to any country and look at the number of rapes reported on in the media and compare it to the number of reports actually reported to the police then you would find a very big discrepancy. This isn't due to any cover up, it's just standard practice.
    The British police went out of their way to get this into the media
    A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was brutally punched in the face in Birmingham city centre in what is thought to be an Islamophobic attack.
    Miss Choudhary, 18, who did not want her first name published, said she had been left shocked after the assault which happened as she was walking along New Street.
    Her attacker, who was wearing a grey hooded top, just came up to her and punched her in the street.
    Police have appealed for witnesses to the attack, which happened at 7.30am on Monday, November 23, and said they were treating it as a ‘hate crime’.
    Miss Chaudary who is a student said the traumatic experience means that she is now scared to walk through the city centre by herself.
    She told the Mail: “I feel shocked and really scared that someone could attack you for no reason. I don’t feel safe at all now.
    “I was walking to the train station to meet some friends when someone shoved me from behind.
    “When I turned around he punched me in the face and then just went off.
    “I was really upset afterwards. I can only think it was because he saw my hijab as he didn’t take my bag or anything.

    And it turns out she was lying.

    Teenage student, 18, is fined £90 after lying that she was punched in the face because she wore a hijab in the days after the Paris terror attacks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    The British police went out of their way to get this into the media



    And it turns out she was lying.



    They appealed for witnesses - how would you do that without involving the media? Have a bobby stand in the street with a sign asking for information?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 726 ✭✭✭RIGHTisRIGHT


    Shenshen wrote: »
    They appealed for witnesses - how would you do that without involving the media? Have a bobby stand in the street with a sign asking for information?

    So they did not need to look for witnesses in Cologne despite the fact police failed to make a single arrest?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    So they did not need to look for witnesses in Cologne despite the fact police failed to make a single arrest?

    They generally will look for them after they have done preliminary investigations, not in the hours after when they are still dealing with the victims. Police forces usually gather evidence before arresting people.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 726 ✭✭✭RIGHTisRIGHT


    They generally will look for them after they have done preliminary investigations, not in the hours after when they are still dealing with the victims. Police forces usually gather evidence before arresting people.

    Like in Rotherham for example?



    Not getting sucked into an exchange with you I will instead let those who read come to their own conclusion about the standard of your posts.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn



    Like in Rotherham for example?



    Not getting sucked into an exchange with you I will instead let those who read come to their own conclusion about the standard of your posts.

    Whatever floats your boat.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen



    Like in Rotherham for example?



    Not getting sucked into an exchange with you I will instead let those who read come to their own conclusion about the standard of your posts.

    How successful would you think a public appeal for witnesses in a child prostitution investigation would prove, generally speaking?

    I'm not trying to defend police in any country here, but I am surprised at how little people seem to engage their brain before shouting about conspiracies and cover-ups.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    So they did not need to look for witnesses in Cologne despite the fact police failed to make a single arrest?

    They were calling for witnesses in the local papers on the 1st of January. I'm not entirely sure if you would have wanted them to let the Irish press know as well, just to keep you personally happy?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭RDM_83 again


    Shenshen wrote: »
    How successful would you think a public appeal for witnesses in a child prostitution investigation would prove, generally speaking?

    I'm not trying to defend police in any country here, but I am surprised at how little people seem to engage their brain before shouting about conspiracies and cover-ups.

    In that case The local Labour MP try to raise the issue and wad ignored shamefully by her own party.

    I don't get the willingness of certain posters to constantly reference child abuse by the Catholic Church before they were born but enter a state of denial when confronted with industrial scale child abuse (well more than a 1000 reported victims) occurring in the 2000's


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    In that case The local Labour MP try to raise the issue and wad ignored shamefully by her own party.

    I don't get the willingness of certain posters to constantly reference child abuse by the Catholic Church before they were born but enter a state of denial when confronted with industrial scale child abuse (well more than a 1000 reported victims) occurring in the 2000's

    I won't dispute that the police in Rotherham shamefully neglected their duties for a considerable period of time.
    But complaining that they never informed the press seems rather absurd, to be honest.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭RDM_83 again


    Shenshen wrote: »
    I won't dispute that the police in Rotherham shamefully neglected their duties for a considerable period of time.
    But complaining that they never informed the press seems rather absurd, to be honest.

    Did they ever pass on the demographics of the offenders,victims and potential suspects which were very much at odds with the standard pattern of abuse. In the report about the case a worker was sent on racial sensitivity training for highlighting the issue.

    Did the mainstream media and political parties ignore a member of parliament because it might boost the EDL?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Did they ever pass on the demographics of the offenders,victims and potential suspects which were very much at odds with the standard pattern of abuse. In the report about the case a worker was sent on racial sensitivity training for highlighting the issue.

    Did the mainstream media and political parties ignore a member of parliament because it might boost the EDL?

    Are they obliged to pass those details on?

    They would have been obliged to investigate the reported cases and get t he offenders convicted, which they didn't do. But people somehow seem more upset about the fact that "they weren't told", rather than that the victims had to continue to suffer due to massive failures on the parts of the police.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 333 ✭✭BigJackC


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Are they obliged to pass those details on?

    It does help to give a description of the suspects, yes. "31 sentient beings are wanted to help the police with their investigation into a spate of sexual assaults in Cologne on NYE" isn't going to help much.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭RDM_83 again


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Are they obliged to pass those details on?

    They would have been obliged to investigate the reported cases and get t he offenders convicted, which they didn't do. But people somehow seem more upset about the fact that "they weren't told", rather than that the victims had to continue to suffer due to massive failures on the parts of the police.

    We aspire to live in an open democratic society rather than one where information is censored because it might benefit parties we dont like.
    This was known about for a long time, if there had been public scrutiny the situation would have been resolved much sooner and less abuse would have occurred.
    Do you really not see the irony considering your views on CC abuse?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭walshyn93


    Shenshen wrote: »
    How successful would you think a public appeal for witnesses in a child prostitution investigation would prove, generally speaking?

    I'm not trying to defend police in any country here, but I am surprised at how little people seem to engage their brain before shouting about conspiracies and cover-ups.

    Denis MacShane, MP for Rotherham between 1994 and his resignation in 2012, said in a BBC radio interview that that no-one had come to him with child abuse allegations during that period, but conceded he should have gotten himself more involved in the issue. Admitting he had been guilty of doing too little, he said he had been aware of what he saw as the problems of cousin marriage and the oppression of women within sectors of the Muslim community in Britain, but "as a true Guardian reader, and liberal leftie, I suppose I didn't want to raise that too hard. I think there was a culture of not wanting to rock the multicultural community boat if I may put it like that." However, in hindsight, he did say that "I think that I should have burrowed into [the allegations]".[11]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    BigJackC wrote: »
    It does help to give a description of the suspects, yes. "31 sentient beings are wanted to help the police with their investigation into a spate of sexual assaults in Cologne on NYE" isn't going to help much.

    They were asking witnesses who had been on the Domplatte in the night of New Year's Eve and have witnesses pickpockets and sexual assaults to come forward with descriptions of the offenders, and if possible to provide any pictures or recordings they might have.

    Would you say that's satisfactory, or should they have specified that they are only looking for North Africans and men of Middle Eastern origin?
    In which case they would not have caught the Germans, Americans and Serbians who were also involved. But maybe that would not fit your picture?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    Did the mainstream media and political parties ignore a member of parliament because it might boost the EDL?

    I don't think so, I think it was purely to avoid looking racist. In Sweden it looks like it was certainly to avoid giving propaganda to the SDP. In Cologne it looks like it was to avoid massive amounts of Germans descending on Cologne and lynching people who looked like they night be "migrants."

    These are minor distinctions to be honest, the broader point is that they were attempted cover ups and there are parallels with how many on the left are denying the reality in an attempt to counter the right capitalising. This is a misguided tactic. If the Left can't admit there are cultural issues which make this more social acceptable among certain communities then we are handing the right the narrative and telling them to do what they like with it. People won't turn towards the politics of those who deny reality for political purposes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    We aspire to live in an open democratic society rather than one where information is censored because it might benefit parties we dont like.
    This was known about for a long time, if there had been public scrutiny the situation would have been resolved much sooner and less abuse would have occurred.
    Do you really not see the irony considering your views on CC abuse?

    Could you let me know what my views on CC abuse are? I wasn't aware I had any.

    If the police are not investigating (and I don't argue for one moment that they SHOULD have investigated!!!), then what do you want the press to report?
    As far as I'm aware, there are procedures and rules in place which allow journalists and the public to request information on police activities. Last time I check it wasn't up to the police to hold daily press meetings and to insist their activities make headlines?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    Did they ever pass on the demographics of the offenders,victims and potential suspects which were very much at odds with the standard pattern of abuse. In the report about the case a worker was sent on racial sensitivity training for highlighting the issue.

    Did the mainstream media and political parties ignore a member of parliament because it might boost the EDL?

    Police departments put that info into a national database. It's called ViCLAS in Ireland. I think they call it ViCAP in American cop shows. This highlights patterns in victims, suspects and M.O.'s. To my knowledge it wouldn't highlight a problem with a specific ethnicity in an area because it is not set up to racially profile.


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