The urban index of unhinged nutjobs...

[friedaweed]

Petrol bombs thrown at immigration centre in Dover

Police confirm suspect died after throwing two or three petrol bombs at site in Kent

www.theguardian.com

On a par with the Glasgow airport foo.

 

[brogdale]

Petrol bombs thrown at immigration centre in Dover

Police confirm suspect died after throwing two or three petrol bombs at site in Kent

www.theguardian.com

On a par with the Glasgow airport foo.

yeah, right...

 

[two sheds]

Not sure where else to put this, the title seems pretty apt

Woman who lied about grooming gang guilty of perverting course of justice

Eleanor Williams, 22, claimed she had been trafficked by Asian gang and made false rape allegations

www.theguardian.com

A 22-year-old woman from Barrow-in-Furness has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice by lying about being trafficked by an Asian grooming gang and making false rape allegations against a series of white men.

Eleanor Williams, known as Ellie, sparked a worldwide solidarity movement when she posted graphic photos of herself on Facebook, alleging she had been beaten and raped by men who took her to sex “parties” around the north-west of England.


The post, made during the first Covid lockdown on 20 May 2020, prompted more than 100,000 people to join a Facebook group called Justice for Ellie. It birthed a line of merchandise featuring a purple elephant, her favourite animal, and prompted a crowdfunder, which saw more than 1,000 people donate £22,000 to help her and bring her abusers to justice.

It set off a chain of events that included a far-right group gaining a foothold in Barrow, and drove a sharp rise in racism and Islamophobia. Curry house windows were smashed, beloved restaurants were boycotted and one Muslim takeaway owner was chased down the street by men who poured alcohol over his head. A local reporter who covered the case had to leave Cumbria on police advice after receiving numerous death threats.

It also ruined the lives of those she falsely accused, who were spat at, ostracised and called “paedo” in the street. What Williams failed to mention in her viral Facebook post was that she had already been charged with making false rape allegations against four men.

Perverting course of justice seems a strangely relaxed charge - hate crime at the very least.

 

[PursuedByBears]

Not sure where else to put this, the title seems pretty apt

Woman who lied about grooming gang guilty of perverting course of justice

Eleanor Williams, 22, claimed she had been trafficked by Asian gang and made false rape allegations

www.theguardian.com

Perverting course of justice seems a strangely relaxed charge - hate crime at the very least.

I've been following this case as Barrow is the other side of the bay from me; the details are mind boggling

 

[Numbers]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

i thought it would be about people who'd foolishly removed a door

 

[Spymaster]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

That would be a better thread, tbf.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

Neighbors say neo-Nazi was an intimidating figure

SEATTLE – After listening to complaints from neighbors, state Health Department inspectors were so scared of neo-Nazi Keith Gilbert that they obtained search warrants and brought along more than a half-dozen police officers when they searched for rats in the rental property where he lived.

www.spokesman.com

 

[ElizabethofYork]

That would be a better thread, tbf.

It would be much busier.

 

[moochedit]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

Yeah me too

 

[The39thStep]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

I knew my list would come in useful someday

 

[moochedit]

It would be much busier.

until it went into the dustbin

 

[kalidarkone]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

So did I

 

[Lurdan]

I thought this was going to be an A to Z of crazy Urbs.

Isn't there already an official one?

 

[not a trot]

i thought it would be about people who'd foolishly removed a door

I removed a faulty wardrobe door to try and fix. Can't get the fucker to fit back properly.