AIBU to feel deeply unsettled by the Southampton protest scenes?

[HopelessPessimist]

Southampton protest against police, huge crowd, Tommy Robinson whipping everyone into a frenzy and saying "this IS about race"

Other speakers declaring that England is a Christian country. The Lords Prayer chanted by every speaker. The leader of UKIP saying he will deport all migrants and make government Christian. The leaders of the protest saying they are being pushed by the police cordon, while the camera angle shows the police haven't moved. The leaders of the protest mocking the female police officer who are taking over a shift from another police officer in the cordon "They're replacing all the men with women!"

This is awful. It feels like the start of civil war. Maybe human beings just aren't supposed to go decades without a fight.

There is no evidence he was a Fentanyl addict and while he had a criminal past that was irrelevant to the facts on the day.

And there is zero evidence of systemic police racism towards white people in the UK. None.

Absolutely agree. They are opportunistic scumbags

Why is it all of a sudden a certain type feel compelled to pound the streets?
Why do they think that their knuckle dragging views are so important that their communities have to deal with them. They should go home and find something more constructive to do with their lives they sure as hell don't care about Henry or his family's wishes

This. If you have seen the bodycam footage, seen the dads speech and don't feel outraged then there's something wrong with you. That poor poor boy. This is a systemic racism problem with the police - they were doing anything to not offend the Sikh family - at no point did they cuff the murderer. This isn't about Sikhs or a particular group- it's about police discrimination against white people.

Imagine being this fragile and gullible.

It is awful. But it’s really really rare.

That was what was actively encouraged during the George Floyd protests. Funny how no-one was saying THAT killing shouldn't be politicised.

A dreadfully sad case. Awful to see the likes of Tommy Robinson capitalising on it. That poor boy deserves peace.

He said he’d been stabbed. He had been stabbed. The police didn’t believe him and didn’t check properly. You say all the information they were given was false. It wasn’t. They were told by the young man that he had been stabbed and this was true.

So when BLM rioters were looting, setting fire to union jacks, attacking police horses and pulling down statues, can you explain what they had to do with George Floyd.

Do you not understand the additional distress of knowing how their son died, uncomforted, terrified and in handcuffs? Dragged roughly across gravel? The last words he heard, a policeman reading him his rights for something he never did?
It's absolutely horrendous what was done to him by the police.

I totally understand the anger in Southampton tonight.

A full ban on ceremonial weapons is in the pipeline. He was an evil person no matter his religion and his family members helping to cover it up was just as bad.
Tommy Robinson is an opportunistic and a trouble maker. He'll end up back inside or dead pretty soon, so hopefully long term cooler, saner attitudes will prevail.
UK/England isn't perfect but it's not Russia, 'Merica or country constantly at armed conflicts.

So we, the British people have to shut up and tolerate it do we? Those little girls at Southport could be anyone's daughters, Henry could be the son of any one of us.
Get off your high horse FFS

Not nearly strongly enough though. They said they had banned him from the Gurdwara ages ago over his behaviour - but yet they didn't feel any need to stop him from carrying his ceremonial knives?? And anyway it seems that may not even be true - there are other posts from them which mention his name as being a member.

They're just trying to do damage control. That's all.

It’s such a complex issue isn’t it? I mean, what happened to that young man was awful. What happens to women when they are raped by an immigrant is also awful. But I don’t see these men protesting about every rape and every murder so it seems like they aren’t morally consistent. If they had to protest every time a woman was sexually assaulted or raped they’d never leave the streets…

What are you scared of, OP? I think your mum will be okay.

What’s wrong with Christians? There’s another thread on here with people defending Sikhs and Muslims yet you’re demonising Christians!

We know that discrimination exists in employment. But why has it taken for when it happens to your son for it to be an issue for you?

Disgusting - George Floyd was a violent criminal. He should not have been restrained in the manner he was, but he was a piece of s**t unless you think holding a gun to a pregnant woman’s stomach is worthy of having a street named after you, or indeed David Guetta during his set rapping, “A shout out to George Floyd and his family!” Boom boom boom…

We, the British people?

The murderer is British. I, am British. Who is the “we” you speak of?

I’ll get off my high horse when some of you get off your bandwagon.

Exactly. Heartbreaking 💔

We have had some incidents of antisemitism, yes, but that was perpetrated by those affiliated with a horrible group called 'Patriotic Alternative' (well, presumably their parents and the kids just copied), so not 'left' leaning as they are a far right organisation.

I know both the Synagogues and Mosques where we live employ security guards and there have been instances of abusive graffiti both antisemitic and islamophobic in various places (ramped up when 'protests' or marches were taking place).

We are a long way away from the capital though and the only religious schools we have in the area are C of E or Catholic.

Care to explain?

Or are you one of these who likes to say things without any actual context.

A bit like politicians do. All words but no meaning.

And there is zero evidence of systemic police racism towards white people in the UK. None.

Apart from the footage of Henry dying in handcuffs, disbelieved about his fatal stab wounds, while the police chat to his killer.

The police officers are a disgrace. They are more concerned with a man saying he had been racially abused and had a small bruise on his face than an 18 year old lad dying on the floor in handcuffs, saying several times he had been stabbed and couldn't breathe. White boys dont seem to matter, hurty words trump murder. Fucking disgusting. Sack and charge those officers.