Vocal Voices

Recently Mr Yasser Yakub was shot dead on a slip road of the M62. He was a man, if you listen to his family, who had never done anything wrong, was the best dad in the world, was a humble office clerk and who was loved by all.

If you listen to anyone else he was a drug dealer, a violent criminal and a man who people were scared of. Depite being a married man with children he also had a profile on a dating site. So far, so normal.

Six years ago Mr Yakub was cleared of attempted murder. Two years ago two men turned up at his house with shotguns to try and kill him. His house is covered in cctv cameras now. In the papers this week one man has accused Mr Yakub and his associates of shooting at him on the street. When Mr Yakub met his untimely end he was sitting in the front seat of a car which had a pistol, ammunition and silencer in the front footwell.

Now, listen to the reaction of D.ee C.ollins. She is, God help us, the Chief Constable in these parts. "I wish to extend my sincere sympathies to Mr Yassar Yaqub’s family and our thoughts are with them at this very difficult time" and another beauty, "I completely understand and empathise with the heightened community tensions and people’s wish to peacefully demonstrate".

This last comment refers to the fact that during a "peaceful" demonstration in Bradford after Mr Yakub shuffled off this mortal coil, a police car was attacked, had it's door mirror kicked off and was covered in protest banners - no arrests were made.

The previous night on TV some thick as mince assistant Chief Constable called A.ngela W.illiams had been on local TV, "empathising" as well and trotting out every pc cliche under the sun as she did so.

So we get empathy for the family of a violent criminal We get a violent attack on a police car ignored by senior police officers. Maybe it's time for them to reconnect with the reality of policing; get back out there and meet some of these charming people they seem so keen on placating.

One of the reasons scandals like the Rotherham grooming gangs happened was the determination of people in authority to look the other way as far as they could, and it is plain to see that this attitude survives to this day at the highest level of our local police force. It is absolutely appalling.

And for those of you who do not get BBC Look North: Leeds or YTV Calendar we have been treated nightly to this piece of work being eulogised by the "community" with never a question about Saint Yasser Yakub's real life being asked.

It is as if the police and media are afraid to challenge the community view.

Politicians, the media and the Dinner Party crowds then wring their hands and wonder why there are tensions within society; and yet they always seem to blame the majority. They have created a community of untouchables in our society and anyone who disagrees with them is labelled a racist, bigot and xenophobe.

There is more to this than meets the eye.

We haven't heard yet the reason why he was shot.

But I agree that the police force in this country needs a good shake-up. They are a disgrace.

Somewhat unfortunate that the police were not wearing body cameras.

But at the end of the day, it looks like they acted on information and prevented some sort of a drug dealing-orientated assassination.

was a humble office clerk

Haven't known that many office clerks with Lamborghinis, personally ...

I've been reading about this and the demonstrations with slowly simmering ire. But trying to keep a lid on my emotions. Mostly I'm enraged by the "what you can't do that to us, we're going to play the race card" demonstrations.

The rest of it just tells me that the UK has descended into the mire and is wallowing in it.

I'm just glad they shot him. Now they need to shoot another 100 the same and we'll be getting somewhere.

The ordinary police on the streets deserve better leaders, but I very much doubt whether they will get them. A police car was shot at in Bradford city centre on Christmas day, that's what they are having to face now.
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