If you follow the Beeb1 you have — no doubt — heard of the three-year-old boy who was mauled by crocodiles at a British zoo after “ending up” in their enclosure.
It is mentioned — off-hand — that a 30-year-old man has been arrested upon suspicion of attempted murder.
While technically accurate — much like saying a hurricane is “a great deal of wind and rain” — the actual truth of the matter is that the man picked up the toddler and threw him into the croc pit.
Lies of Omission, Great Britain, are still lies.
As you follow the story, it turns out that the suspect was taken into police custody, declared to be “unfit for interview”, and was released.
The police have also refused to name or describe the suspect, hiding behind allegations and hints of mental illness.2
This has led to a certain amount of conclusions being reached by social media — conclusions about the ethnicity and/or religious affiliation of the suspect — which the police have responded to by saying, “The suspect is a white British citizen, trust us. Pinky swear.”
I’m sorry, but the British police force has lost any and all trust the public has ever offered. Anytime a British police supervisor says anything about, “Trust us”, he should be firmly smacked on the nose with a rolled-up copy of the Rape Gang Inquiry Report, before having his face briskly rubbed through the nearest pile of manure.
There is no more expectation of trust with you bastards. You want to dispel “the rumours”? “Trust us” isn’t enough — release his name, and photo.
Yeah, it sucks, but this is entirely a creation of your own making, British police. Own it.
As for the incident itself. Speaking as someone who grew up in crocodile-infested Africa: the rescue of the child would have been considerably easier if there had been a large pile of bait to distract some — or all — of the predators away from the rescue effort.
Yes. As soon as it was determined what had actually happened, bystanders should have busted the suspect in the mouth before throwing him into the enclosure away from the three-year-old child.
Even one crocodile attacking that worthless, murdering sack of offal would have been one less crocodile to deal with during the rescue of the toddler. Worth it.
I said what I said.
Ian
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British Broadcasting Corporation, or “BBC”.
Well, no [deleted]. He threw a child into a pit full of predators.
If the bastard was capable of throwing the child into the pit he's capable of being interviewed, tried, convicted, and thrown into the pit himself. I agree, it would have been better if the crowd had solved the problem by making him bait (or maybe chum?). I wish the Brits could remember where they left their cojones.
Until there are a few thousand public (literal) crucifixions of the perps, the police, the pols, and the papers (all media actually) I don't think anyone should take the "official word" of anything on those islands as anything but lies. The Union Jack should be a warning to everyone, like haz-mat sign.