Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ...
by youngtaff on Thursday August 14, 2025 @04:23PM
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The poster implied there is an active cover up whereas the case went to court, was prosecuted and became the subject of a judge led enquiry
The accusation that immigrant men from Muslim backgrounds are sex offenders is a well worn trope pushed by the far right and people like Farage and Yaxley-Lennon
If you actually look at crime statistics in the UK sex offenders, including grooming gangs are overwhelming white men — if you look closer you often find that a reasonable proportion of people on the far-right have convictions for sex offences
Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ...
by youngtaff on Friday August 15, 2025 @09:25AM
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And if you want statistics
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/grooming-gangs...
3.7% of sexual abuse cases involved group based abuse
Asian or British Asian people account for 5% of offenders while making up 9% of the British populatiin
How about instead of attacking credentials we attack the arguments, you know, with evidence? Or, if your best defence is saying "your ideas/evidence come from unsavoury sources (to me)" maybe your positions are more reflective of your own biases than reality.