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Met police are erasing the third victim of the Golders Green stabbing

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tulippetals · 02/05/2026 09:54

https://x.com/metpoliceuk/status/2050114417405132857?s=46

I am actually horrified. A third, Muslim, man was stabbed in the attack but he isn’t being mentioned anywhere. How is this allowed?!

Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) on X

A man will appear in court today charged following a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into two men stabbed in #GoldersGreen: https://t.co/BgK04EQmyX

https://x.com/metpoliceuk/status/2050114417405132857?s=46

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IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:04

nomas · 02/05/2026 13:13

Jewish people are much more likely to report hate crimes because they have long established processes for doing so and have trust in the police.

And this is a good thing, other communities whether black, Sikh, Muslim, should replicate this. Research suggests that other communities are much less likely to report hate crimes and have less trust in the police.

Oh of course that’s the reason.
Your gas lighting on this thread is superb, or very clear whichever one wants to see it.

CherryRipe1 · 02/05/2026 15:07

I read about it in the Sun.

Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 15:07

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:23

The definition of a terrorist is someone with a clear political or ideological intent, I don"t think you can have that clear intent if you are mentally unwell. This is primarily a mental health incident and about the failure of mental health services in this instance. Even if the individual did have a focus on a certain section of the population for whatever reason that can"t be generalised to the whole country as some people seem to be doing, or used to stop people peacefully protesting against ethnic cleansing and genocide.

You do realise that he had been referred to prevent before this incident and counter terrorism police have deemed it a terrorist attack?
So no its not primarily a mental health incident.
It was an antisemitic terrorist attack

Poetnojo · 02/05/2026 15:07

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 10:32

Let’s also think about the fact that they’re suggesting a special police force for circa 300k people yet violence against women and girls is being ignored

The violence against women and girls does get ignored, you're right, especially when it's committed by a certain group of men.

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 15:07

PatriciaRocks · 02/05/2026 15:02

So "the media" are not cherry picking.
All the news outlets have reported this crime, using evidence.
There is no "narrative".
To add: how depressing that people are getting "news" from tiktok.

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Of course there is. The disproportionate coverage given to this on Radio 4 this week was unbelievable, wall to wall on Today for one example. Starmer calling a COBRA meeting. And this is then coupled with calls to ban the next anti-Israeli genocide march. It's al being used to ban and silence the anti-Israel voice.

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 15:07

BurnoutGP · 02/05/2026 14:50

How does every attack on Jews result in more antisemitism/antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories. Wow

Yes to this. It’s all awful.

Onmytod24 · 02/05/2026 15:08

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 10:53

You think anti semitism has been “blown out of proportion” you think a terrorist attack on our Jewish communities has been blown out of proportion?” You think, where many members of one of the parties standing in those local elections have posted many anti semitic comments (resulting in the arrest of two of them) that the rise in antisemitism is irrelevant to local elections??

What's your stance on the holocaust I wonder if you think we should keep anti semitism out of the spotlight light?

You’re extrapolating what I said to a completely bonkers degree. there is no point in me answering you

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:13

sunshinestar1986 · 02/05/2026 13:37

Really internationally?
That's a bit of a bizaare statement

Only to those who want to down play it.

Poetnojo · 02/05/2026 15:19

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 10:06

So let’s get this straight.

Man stabs three people.

Only two victims matter.

Got it.

It's kinda like how most people here would recognise the name Stephen Lawrence but might not recall the names of Tyler McDermott, Leonardo Reid, Klevi Shekaj, Abdul Hafidah, Kacem Mokrane, Deshaun James-Tuitt, Rhyhiem Barton or Kelvin Easton.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:19

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BrownTroutBluesAgain · 02/05/2026 15:21

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 13:44

Oh dear, maybe they should have used kind words to stop him.
The senseless brutality was the stabbing hth.

That sounds like you are in favour of police brutality !

Poetnojo · 02/05/2026 15:21

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 15:07

Of course there is. The disproportionate coverage given to this on Radio 4 this week was unbelievable, wall to wall on Today for one example. Starmer calling a COBRA meeting. And this is then coupled with calls to ban the next anti-Israeli genocide march. It's al being used to ban and silence the anti-Israel voice.

Do you mean it's being used to silence racist anti semites?

AcquadiP · 02/05/2026 15:22

SonyaLoosemore · 02/05/2026 14:51

He is a dangerous man probably with some kind of serious mental illness. No reason so far to believe this was an anti semitic attack.

Having stabbed his friend (reportedly due to a disagreement), he then travelled from South London to North London, without stabbing a single person en route. On arrival at the well-known Jewish area of Golders Green, he then stabbled two strangers, both visibly identifiable as Jewish. Ofcourse, it was an anti-semitic attack.

fantasticpants · 02/05/2026 15:22

To all the anti-Semitic racists on this thread, the UK didn’t raise the threat level for the country because some man stabbed his housemate.

It’s because of the specific attack on Jewish people. Stop downplaying anti-Semitic terrorism, stop dismissing terrorism as a mental health issue and stop pretending that an attack on Jewish people isn’t antisemitism and a huge problem for all of us. Your attitude is unbelievably disgusting.

BackToLurk · 02/05/2026 15:24

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BrownTroutBluesAgain · 02/05/2026 15:25

Longtimelurkerfinallyposts · 02/05/2026 11:15

I'm horrified that the police officers decided to boot him in the head after tasering him. This could have caused serious brain damage, to a man who can clearly be described as vulnerable. For the Met to insist that this was acceptable and these officers were acting as they'd been trained is horrific.

This senseless brutality has been widely criticised, because one of the known (and intended) effects of using a taser on someone is neuromuscular incapacitation, an entirely involuntary tensing of their muscles. There is no way any suspect could have dropped whatever was in his hands immediately after that, and however hard they kicked him wouldn't have changed that. Anyone who issued with a taser should have known this.

The police's own training materials (https://www.college.police.uk/app/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser) suggest that a force should consider making a referral to the IOPC after a taser has been deployed against people with mental health problems, especially in "high profile" cases like this one, and as I understand the Met have now done this.

In the meantime, the Met's PR department have swung into action against any criticisism of these officers' actions. I find it chilling that this has extended to Mark Rowley, Keir Starmer and others slagging off Zack Polanski to such an extent that he seems to have been bullied into 'apologising' for simply retweeting a post which contained such well-founded concerns.

The Met are still institutionally racist, and the statistics show that tasers are deployed disproportionately against black people (who are 8 times more likely to have a taser used against them than white people), including children as young as 10, and the elderly.

Last summer, Met officers threatened to use a taser against a 90 year old black woman with dementia, after they'd already handcuffed her and put her in a spit-hood.

Incredibly, there have even been instances of police using tasers against blind people - and then admitting that the officers involved had mistaken their white sticks for weapons.

Starmer is utterly clueless
How can he deem police brutality acceptable.
What next from this Labour Govn !

BackToLurk · 02/05/2026 15:26

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They also seem to be entirely ignorant of the existence of Tell Mama.

wrongthinker · 02/05/2026 15:26

nomas · 02/05/2026 15:00

Again, the thread is about the third victim of that day.

Are you saying I shouldn’t reply to the poster who keeps banging on about it?

Why don’t you tell BackToLurk to not keep banging on about it? I only reply when I’m asked a question by him.

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It's not, though. The thread is about a claim that this victim has been 'erased' by the media. This claim has been proven to be false.

PatriciaRocks · 02/05/2026 15:27

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 15:07

Of course there is. The disproportionate coverage given to this on Radio 4 this week was unbelievable, wall to wall on Today for one example. Starmer calling a COBRA meeting. And this is then coupled with calls to ban the next anti-Israeli genocide march. It's al being used to ban and silence the anti-Israel voice.

So. Let me get this straight:
There is an increase in antisemitism, including violent attacks, but the reporting of this by the media is not to inform the public...but to stop the marches?
So, every news outlet is part of a conspiracy?

Anyahyacinth · 02/05/2026 15:27

Coffeeandallthebooks · 02/05/2026 10:10

It ruins the narrative of the attack being exploited to suit the government.

It is being used as an excuse to prevent marches and impede civil liberties.

This individual was known to Prevent. He was mentally ill. This is a failure of police and policy, and they want to capitalise on it to further their own aims.

If action had been taken when a mentally ill man stabbed a roommate, would he have been able to carry out subsequent racist assaults?

What is needed now is more police available to respond, making people feel safe to go to school and synagogue. Not a massive campaign of legislation to further the government's own ends.

Totally agree with this assessment..events are being manipulated to pursue further denigration of civil liberties...by the same government that wants to limit trial by juries...it's awful

lornad00m · 02/05/2026 15:28

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 02/05/2026 15:21

That sounds like you are in favour of police brutality !

Sounds like you've never had the responsibility of having to subdue a knife wielding maniac. Who's just stabbed innocent civilians.

inamarina · 02/05/2026 15:28

TheGrimSmile · 02/05/2026 14:08

More than Muslims? Come off it!

Per capita? Yes, more than Muslims.

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 15:30

Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 15:07

You do realise that he had been referred to prevent before this incident and counter terrorism police have deemed it a terrorist attack?
So no its not primarily a mental health incident.
It was an antisemitic terrorist attack

Committed by someone with mental health problems on a Muslim person and two Jewish persons, I can agree on that, except that defining the type of terrorism is not as straightforward as you seem to suggest?

Tikitaka20 · 02/05/2026 15:32

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 10:32

Let’s also think about the fact that they’re suggesting a special police force for circa 300k people yet violence against women and girls is being ignored

How exactly is violence against women and girls being ignored? This government talks about it regularly, a strategy was published last year to prevent it and there are teams of brilliant and dedicated people across the country to help eradicate it. It’s a huge and extremely important issue that is being addressed daily, and whilst I don’t personally think it will ever be fully eradicated, these people and the strategy are doing a great job to try and stop it as much as possible.

inamarina · 02/05/2026 15:34

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 14:28

It's being ignored because it doesn't suit the narative.

Which narrative?

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