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Henry Nowak…….an absolute tragedy.

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Sago Fri 29-May-26 08:41:07

How has the tragic case of this young man not caused outrage?

Imagine if he had been a person of colour or ethnic minority.

The Police handling of this case raises serious questions.

The killer behaved appallingly, lying to Police and then getting his family to hide weapons and cover for him.

It’s also astonishing to learn Sikhs can carry these knives in public because they are “ religious regalia”

For anyone that isn’t aware of this tragedy here is a link.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70vy0kknj4o

Cossy Sun 07-Jun-26 19:18:19

“surfsup

Surfups and Primrose Can you not save your snides and outright rudeness for other posts less important and heartbreaking than this one? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Nothing rude about any of my posts. If a poster states I’ve said something I haven’t I will defend my position. You may not like that but that’s not my concern. It’s a shame this thread regarding the dreadful murder of young Henry Nowak and the truly despicable actions of the police has been somehow twisted into a discussion on the murder of a George Floyd but that’s not my doing.

RIP Henry flowers”

I found your post rude, and a little offensive, so please don’t tell me it wasn’t, you don’t know, nor can you tell me, how any post makes me feel!

Maremia Sun 07-Jun-26 20:07:01

Yes Oreo, I agree with your most recent post.

Maremia Sun 07-Jun-26 20:13:47

I actually believed, after what happened to a popular Poster, that Threads would be 'different', at least for a while.

Cossy Sun 07-Jun-26 20:36:00

Maremia

I actually believed, after what happened to a popular Poster, that Threads would be 'different', at least for a while.

Apologies if I’ve offended anyone! flowers

Tuliptree Sun 07-Jun-26 20:45:43

Cossy - the only offensive thing imo is the bringing of the Allira cause célèbre into this thread. It’s scattered through many other threads inappropriately and childishly. And now here.

Cossy Sun 07-Jun-26 20:49:01

Tuliptree

Cossy - the only offensive thing imo is the bringing of the Allira cause célèbre into this thread. It’s scattered through many other threads inappropriately and childishly. And now here.

Point taken flowers

Cossy Sun 07-Jun-26 20:50:02

However, having said that, I think it’s to make a very firm point about how most of us feel about this whole sorry banning issue. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Tuliptree Sun 07-Jun-26 20:56:52

Cossy

However, having said that, I think it’s to make a very firm point about how most of us feel about this whole sorry banning issue. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

There’s a thread ( part 2) where anyone who wishes can make as firm a point as they want.

Maremia Sun 07-Jun-26 20:59:59

Cossy, you haven't offended me, if that helps.

surfsup Sun 07-Jun-26 21:04:38

Cossy

I found your post rude, and a little offensive, so please don’t tell me it wasn’t, you don’t know, nor can you tell me, how any post makes me feel!

At no point have I told you how you feel. I have no control over your feelings; Just because you found my post rude doesn’t follow that it was. You’re saying my intention was to offend, it wasn’t so don’t tell me it was please.

Now we have mentions of a banned poster and I have no idea what that’s about - it’s enough to make my head spin. I’m out.

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jun-26 21:07:35

I'm going to briefly depart from the subject matter of this thread in case posters do not know the consequences of what is being done supposedly in support of Alirra

Many of us have and continue to make points on it.

However, do the posters bringing it on to a number of other threads not know that a major point in the guidance laid down for us all, by GNHQ is not to bring the contents of one thread on to another

And that far from doing Alirra a favour in doing so, they are possibly jeopardising the attempt to bring her back

There is even some "taunting the mods" as in a sort of "I'm going to post this like it or not...delete me if you like"

I suggest we make out points with dignity because I feel the danger is just possibly frustrating posters who might consider supporting Alirra .

And to do it on a thread like this, it it really a good idea?

Cossy Sun 07-Jun-26 21:07:47

Maremia

Cossy, you haven't offended me, if that helps.

thanks

Tuliptree Sun 07-Jun-26 21:51:47

I’m going to start a thread on Sits Stuff so the matter can be discussed outside of this and other threads.

Meandrogrog Sun 07-Jun-26 21:53:42

Maremia

I actually believed, after what happened to a popular Poster, that Threads would be 'different', at least for a while.

What has happened to Allira?

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jun-26 21:59:01

I suggest you go to the relevant threads Meandrogrog.
This is the current one.

www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1358830-Disappearing-contributors-part-2

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jun-26 22:06:59

the matter that strikes me thinking back over the threads is how out side actors - ie from the USA - have tried to intervene in our UK affairs.

That it is very hard indeed to "get right" working within a framework where racism and sexism is understood, for the benefit of the victims of those crimes and Novak is one of the saddest we have come across.

But certainly as a woman who has had help from the police with changed attitudes thanks to this sort of training, and remembering the likes of the Stephen Laurence case, where the murder of a very ordinary and studious young black man was dealt with in a careless and disgraceful manner, it is necessary for our police and other services to understand the issues:

It's a matter of getting it right in practice. And it's not helped by police shortages that impact on other crimes.

Nevertheless whipping up hate for the police as a whole group I feel is seriously counter productive for the well being of our society as a whole.

Seriously, do we want mob rule where we head towards attacks on the rule of law itself in the end:

and those politicians who would attempt to import those ideas (and often take a good deal of money from the likes of Musk)

We should stand against their influence.

Meandrogrog Sun 07-Jun-26 22:53:20

Wyllow3

I suggest you go to the relevant threads Meandrogrog.
This is the current one.

www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1358830-Disappearing-contributors-part-2

Thank you.

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jun-26 22:57:13

No problem, it's there how you can find out "what can be done".

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 08-Jun-26 07:19:21

This appalling tragedy will, hopefully, result in some thinking, in the police, about how they deal with events in which only one " side" of the story is told by a group of people who are friends/ family of the complainant.
However, comments on how modern policing policies are too " woke " ( whatever that means) ignores the many reports that there is institutional racism and sexism in some parts of the service.
Wayne Couzens was known to behave in a predatory way around women, but none of his colleagues reported this.
Most police officers are good people doing a very difficult job, but not all, and this is not the problem of policy makers.
Not everything wrong in law enforcement is due to " wokeness"

Primrose53 Mon 08-Jun-26 10:51:25

I’ve completely lost the plot now. I can’t even see that anybody brought Allira on to this thread. A quick scan through shows no mention of her.

MissAdventure Mon 08-Jun-26 10:57:18

I haven't seen it either.
I haven't looked back very far, though, because i was following the thread up until a couple of days ago

Sarnia Mon 08-Jun-26 10:58:24

Of all the politicians who spoke about Henry's murder this week I think Kemi Badenoch took some beating. After a wobbly start she is turning into a very good orator with some witty one-liners.

Spinnaker Mon 08-Jun-26 12:07:38

Primrose53

I’ve completely lost the plot now. I can’t even see that anybody brought Allira on to this thread. A quick scan through shows no mention of her.

I sat and trawled through from page 1 - can't see the "offending" post either. Neither can I see the supposed fallout it apparently caused ?

Oreo Mon 08-Jun-26 12:13:45

It’s on page 30 only and isn’t offensive at all.

Spinnaker Mon 08-Jun-26 12:15:17

Thanks Oreo