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To be horrified at how much worse the "grooming gangs" actually were than I thought

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OneAmberFinch · 04/01/2025 13:36

There are several other threads about Elon Musk, Labour, Jess Phillips, etc.

I don't want to discuss them in this thread. The other threads keep getting derailed and I just want a place to discuss how absolutely horrifying the new details that emerged this week are.

I knew that there were "grooming gangs" who would entice girls in care or from broken homes to be their "boyfriends" by giving them cigarettes and vapes, for example.

I didn't know that girls as young as 11 were being brutally tortured and raped, that people had been killed over it, including one policeman who arranged for some of the rapists to get off, houses burnt down. I didn't know the details of the violent gang rapes which I won't repeat here but you can find on X.

I'm just genuinely shocked and horrified.

Some of the court transcripts circulating are from 2013. How did I not know?

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motheroflittledragon · 04/01/2025 13:52

What disgusts me the most is how people were aware but turned a blind eye due to racial sensitivity and the attitude of oh well it's a teenagers right for some of the older girls etc. Makes my blood boil.

Birdscratch · 04/01/2025 13:51

Ablondiebutagoody · 04/01/2025 13:39

Because the places you get your news from don't want you to know.

It’s more likely that the OP didn’t bother to read newspapers or watch the news. It’s been covered extensively by the media.

Ilikewinter · 04/01/2025 13:47

I also had no idea, I remember watching a documentary a couple of years ago with an ex - police detective called Maggie - I think her name was - who was trying to bringing to brings these gangs to justice when she was a serving officer, anyway I found that to be appalling but having read some of the court transcripts on other threads on here, it's horrific.

Disturbia81 · 04/01/2025 13:45

It's not all men, but it is always men. Why can't they just calmly get on with life like women do, not causing harm or being criminals?

Appalonia · 04/01/2025 13:39

I agree, the details are horrific. It's actual sadistic torture. I'm not sure why these details are only really surfacing now, but yes, they make very harrowing reading.

Ablondiebutagoody · 04/01/2025 13:39

Because the places you get your news from don't want you to know.