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Teenage girls raped by gang

NewsUpdate | 29.08.2002 17:22

Two Croydon teenagers out celebrating a birthday were gang-raped in a town centre car park on Saturday. Police are appealing for witnesses.

These gang rapes are really getting out of hand.
This is the 5th gang rape in 5 weeks......usual suspects, of course.

Don't delete this post as it does not contravene IMC Guidelines, it IS news. By deleting this post you're prooving that you don't give a sh*t about women who are raped by ethnic minorities as it doesen't fit-in with your PC view.

Let's hope something can be done to stem the tide otherwise,
one of these days, some brave journo will dare to correlate all these local reports and write a non-pc article in the national press. Might even make the national TV news.

At that point I think the general public will be slightly pissed off when they find out what's going on. And I'm sure the pc liberal types wouldn't want that to happen.


Teenage girls raped by gang
From The Croydon Guardian
10:28 Thursday 29th August 2002
By Angeline Albert
 http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/

Two Croydon teenagers out celebrating a birthday were gang-raped in a town centre car park on Saturday.

One of the girls had been celebrating her eighteenth birthday in a Croydon club on Friday night and was walking with her friend along Surrey Street, when she was approached by four men at 1.30am.

The men, who were not known by the girls, walked with the teenagers to Scarbrook Road before forcing them into a private car park where each of the men took turns to rape them.

Detective Constable Paul Fitzgerald said: "The men raped both girls and the girls have been left so traumatised we have not yet been able to take full statements from them.

"This is a terrible ordeal for anyone to go through and because of the nature of the offence we need to make arrests as soon as possible.

"At this stage we are looking through CCTV footage and interviewing witnesses.

"We are appealing for anyone, particularly clubbers in the area at that time, who may have seen four men talking to two girls to contact us."

The rapists are described as four black men between the ages of 18 and 25.

The girls, who used a mobile to raise the alarm, were taken to a specialist police medical unit where they were examined for forensic evidence and offered counselling.

Witnesses can call the specialist sexual offence unit, the Sapphire Unit on 020 8768 1212 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Police are still looking for a gang of men who tried to abduct three 19-year-old women earlier this month.

The men tried to force the women into a car, near Thornton Heath pond at around 3pm on August 2.

Another woman was the victim of an attempted rape, also on August 2, but escaped her attacker by biting him on the hand when she was approached in Dingwall Road at 11.40pm.

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You Can Talk

29.08.2002 20:11

Why is the rapists colour relevant, other than an excuse to stereotype all black men? A rapist is a rapist, is a monster, whatever his colour - don't patronise us women - white men, historically have raped more 'niggers' than you'll ever know, but that's not pc either, is it?

World Leaders are all satanic paedophiles, write about that.

woman


Smash Racists and Rapists!

29.08.2002 20:20


Rape is terrible. It is part of the violence against women central to a sexist society. It can be committed by black or white men.

This post above shows how neo-nazi's brainwash their new recruits.
They only highlight such crimes by black men. Rape by white men is ignored because it doesn't fit into their twisted view of the world.

So BNP members could never rape women. Oh no!

Robert Bennett 59, spent five years in prison for his part in a terrifying gang rape involving two young women.

Who is Robert Bennett? He is a committed white racial nationalist (Nazi) and supporter of the BNP. He was recently organiser of the BNP's election leafletting campaign in Oldham. There are plenty of photo's of him at BNP meetings.

Does this mean that all white men are rapists?

And since when have Nazis ever helped women? It has been feminists and socialists (anti-racists) who have financed and run rape crisis centres and womens refuges for the past 30 years. These are sevices for all women, black or white who have been raped or abused.

The BNP and their kind do not care about the issue of rape. They only want to exploit certain cases for their racist propaganda.

I'm only writing this to maintain the honour of Indymedia, until they get round to removing this thread.

It is clearly twisted to promote racial hatred, and has no place on Indymedia.

This short of racially selective and distorted view of the world comes straight from the tabloid press every day.

Indymedia = independence from this racist shit.

Truthseeker


Whites are more likely to rape women and kids

29.08.2002 20:28

According to official statistics in the UK and the US:

98 per cent of rapists are men.

91 per cent of convicted paedophiles are white men.

Most child sexual assault is perpetrated by men who are heterosexual and do not find sex with other men at all attractive. Many child molesters abuse both boys and girls.

There is a 70 per cent chance that a white rapist will rape a white victim, and that a black rapist will rape a black victim.

10 to 14 percent of all married women and at least 40 percent of battered wives have been raped by their husbands.

So, if the right-wing is so concerned about attacks on women, perhaps it should examine what is wrong with WHITE MEN who are the chief perpetrators of sex crimes against women and children.

Dan


White rapist attacks dying pensioner

29.08.2002 20:34

For every racially motivated publication of a "news item" about crimes committed by ethnic minorities, I will publish similar crimes committed by whites ...

"Rapist could be fellow patient"
Friday, 14 June, 2002
URL:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/england/2044100.stm
Detectives investigating the rape of an elderly woman being treated for cancer at a London hospital say her attacker could have been a patient.
The 71-year-old grandmother was pushed to the floor by a white man in his 50s and attacked in a toilet at King's College Hospital in south London on 1 May.

A senior police officer described the attack against the woman who is terminally ill, as one "to stop you in your tracks".

They believe the rapist could be a fellow patient or a hospital worker - but have not ruled out the possibility that someone from outside evaded the hospital's extensive security.

The victim, who has only a few months to live, kept her ordeal secret for three weeks because she felt ashamed and did not want her family to know.

At a news conference, Detective Superintendent Jim Webster from Streatham CID appealed for information from the public.

"We are particularly interested to contact a white man in his 50s."

He said officers felt personally affected by the case and were committed to solving the matter.

"The lady and her family have been through a huge amount before this incident," he said.

"I don't think any of us can imagine how it would be to be in a place of care and concern and for this to take place."

Charity 'shocked'

Speaking to the BBC on Radio 4's Today programme, Health Secretary Alan Milburn described the attack as an "appalling and almost indescribable event".

The hospital has said it was "deeply saddened" by the incident.

A spokeswoman said the hospital was working closely with the police investigation.

She added the attack happened on a locked ward, as all their wards are secured by keys or have an entry code door system.

There are 150 CCTV cameras at the hospital.

The incident is the latest attack on a vulnerable women in a hospital.

The number of cases of abuse against elderly people in residential homes and hospitals was described as "shocking" by a charity.

In February 2000, Action on Elder Abuse revealed a quarter of all calls to its helpline were about older people complaining of being mistreated, exploited or neglected in homes and hospitals.

Dan


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29.08.2002 21:07

ALL the gang rapes in the past 5 weeks, and there has been at least one a week, were perpetrated by blacks or asians. Explain that one away.

Steve


This item may be racially motivated, but

29.08.2002 21:21

You cannot deny that blacks/Asians/Orientials are just as capable of rape and other henious crimes as white people are, otherwise you are racist yourself.

Thomas J


How does "Steve" know?

29.08.2002 22:04

I'm not sure why we are wasting time on this troll post which the administrators of uk.indymedia will surely hide in an hour or so--
but for what its worth-- how precisely does our neighbourhood fascist Steve know that these gang rapes were committed by blacks, asians, martians? Did he hear it from his mates down at the pub?

Sceptical Sam


leave the statistics

29.08.2002 22:06

rather than fighting over the statistics, should we not be doing everything possible to identify these brutal attackers, 5 attacks in 5 weeks is too many for the national press to not make a noise

H


Jack - you're a hate ridden wanker

29.08.2002 23:02

while I might share some skepticism about the real world out there with you, you need to drop your ugly racist attitudes first
Peace and blessings
dh

dh


fact

30.08.2002 01:42

its fact that gang rape is predominantly a crime committed by black males on white females....

you cant deny the facts

mike
mail e-mail: mjpann@essex.ac.uk


WHAT FACTS?!

30.08.2002 02:28

"Gang rape is a crime mostly committed by black males against white females" - Where the fuck did you did that from? Most criminal acts are caused by whites. And you know why? Because dispite clamis that we are being swamped by coloured immigrants, white people still make up a good 90% of the total British population.

Thomas J


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