That using arrest figures and crime rates to defend the carnival is a flawed argument because the problem is the level of the serious violence. As I posted, over 23 million people attended EFL matches last season and none of them stabbed each other. So it is disproportionately violent in...
More than 23.7 million supporters passed through the turnstiles of an EFL competition in 2023/24. Still no stabbings.
The usual suspects being a retired Met Police detective chief inspector? Because just this week one called the carnival an example of two tier policing.
How about stabbings and...
The Wembley disorder saw 86 arrests and no stabbings. Yet it prompted a government investigation and report, led by a baroness, to stop it from happening again. The Notting hill carnival has seen 249 arrests and 3 separate stabbings. However, it will be described as mostly peaceful and be...
Nobody was stabbed during that disorder. It received endless negative coverage in the press, on social media and there was a bloody Netflix documentary about it! It also prompted a government review and an F.A review.
Ironically, it serves to prove the point you're trying to disprove. There was...