3-15-2012 United Kingdom:
The prosecution of a teenager for sounding off about British soldiers on Facebook should be of concern to us all.
Talk about the understatement of the year. This wasn’t a teacher explaining to concerned parents about why their kid received low grades in a French GCSE oral exam. It was instead the explanation given by a West Yorkshire Police spokesman as to why 19-year-old Azhar Ahmed was arrested and charged for a ‘racially aggravated public-order offence’ after posting an angry rant on Facebook.
Ahmed is due to appear in court next Tuesday, where the precise reason for the charge will be made clear. But, from the content of his Facebook post, many are baffled as to how his offence was ‘racially aggravated’. Referring to the media attention received by the six British soldiers killed while on duty in Afghanistan earlier in this month, Ahmed wrote: ‘People gassin about the deaths of Soldiers! What about the innocent familys who have been brutally killed… The women who have been raped.. The children who have been sliced up..! Your enemy’s were the Taliban, not innocent harmful family’s. All soldiers should DIE & go to HELL! THE LOWLIFE FOKKIN SCUM! gotta problem go cry at your soldiers grave & wish him hell because that’s where he is going.’ ..To Continue Reading.. by Patrick Hayes
March 15, 2012
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