Post by Joe K on Jul 23, 2012 17:21:41 GMT
In this instance, anyway...
BB_Wolf has suggested that when anyone other than white people commit a crime, no reference is made to the ethnicity of the suspect/s in news reports on TiG. Now, I don't disagree with everything BB says, but a simple search for 'black youth' on Tig reveals stories such as this...
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Teenagers-attacked-bike-gang/story-11917307-detail/story.html
'One of the offenders is described as a black man, around 6ft tall with a medium build and bushy hair.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Woman-34-sexually-assaulted-robbed-Peel-Centre/story-15190286-detail/story.html
'The man was described as black, around 5ft 9” tall, in his early 20s, and of stocky build. He was wearing a grey hoody with a white emblem on the breast and dark coloured jogging bottoms.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Theft-spate-hits-Tuffley/story-15601703-detail/story.html
'The offender is described as a black male in a dark hoodie.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Youth-gangs-terrorise-Gloucester/story-11930680-detail/story.html
'He is described as black, aged 19 to 20, about 5ft 7in tall, of medium build, with short black braided hair and with stubble on his face.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gang-youths-robbed-teenagers/story-11866584-detail/story.html
'The offenders, who were last seen around the rugby club in Longford Lane heading towards Gloucester, are described as a group of black boys wearing dark clothing and riding push bikes.'
I don't know if the assailents in this latest case were black or of some other ethnicity, but I'm prepared to believe that if their ethnicity isn't being revealed at present, there must be a (non-PC) reason for it...
BB_Wolf has suggested that when anyone other than white people commit a crime, no reference is made to the ethnicity of the suspect/s in news reports on TiG. Now, I don't disagree with everything BB says, but a simple search for 'black youth' on Tig reveals stories such as this...
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Teenagers-attacked-bike-gang/story-11917307-detail/story.html
'One of the offenders is described as a black man, around 6ft tall with a medium build and bushy hair.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Woman-34-sexually-assaulted-robbed-Peel-Centre/story-15190286-detail/story.html
'The man was described as black, around 5ft 9” tall, in his early 20s, and of stocky build. He was wearing a grey hoody with a white emblem on the breast and dark coloured jogging bottoms.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Theft-spate-hits-Tuffley/story-15601703-detail/story.html
'The offender is described as a black male in a dark hoodie.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Youth-gangs-terrorise-Gloucester/story-11930680-detail/story.html
'He is described as black, aged 19 to 20, about 5ft 7in tall, of medium build, with short black braided hair and with stubble on his face.'
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gang-youths-robbed-teenagers/story-11866584-detail/story.html
'The offenders, who were last seen around the rugby club in Longford Lane heading towards Gloucester, are described as a group of black boys wearing dark clothing and riding push bikes.'
I don't know if the assailents in this latest case were black or of some other ethnicity, but I'm prepared to believe that if their ethnicity isn't being revealed at present, there must be a (non-PC) reason for it...