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Oud 22nd October 2017, 10:22
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Anger over Donald Trump's UK crime tweet

Anger over Donald Trump's UK crime tweet

The US President, Donald Trump, has been accused of fuelling hate crime with a tweet linking a rise in the UK crime rate to "radical Islamic terror".

He said: "Just out report: 'United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.' Not good, we must keep America safe!" The Labour MP, Yvette Cooper, chair of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said the statement was "inflammatory and ignorant".

The Home Office declined to comment.

Crime in England and Wales went up by 13% in the 12 months to June, fuelled by a 26% increase in knife crime and a 19% increase in sexual offences, according to the latest figures, published on Thursday. The number of homicides (cases of murder and manslaughter) increased by 46 to 629, excluding the terror attacks in London and Manchester.

'Outright fear mongering'


Yvette Cooper said in a statement: "Hate crime in the UK has gone up by almost 30% and rubbish like this tweet from Donald Trump is designed to provoke even more of it. "It is appalling that we have reached the point where inflammatory and ignorant statements from the President of the United States are now seen as normal. "If we are to properly tackle hate crime and every other crime, we have to challenge this kind of nonsense."

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas called on Theresa May to "publicly condemn" Donald Trump for "outright fearmongering". She added: "Donald Trump's reactionary tweet isn't just inaccurate, it's also inflammatory. "It's about time that the British government take a stand against Trump's bigotry, and make a clear public statement saying that his damaging remarks are unwelcome."

Homicide rate


Conservative backbencher Nicholas Soames, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, responded to Mr Trump's tweet by calling the US president a "daft twerp" who needed to "fix gun control."

Former Labour minister, Hilary Benn, told BBC News: "I am sure we would all appreciate it if we could see a reduction in the number of tweets like this from the president of the United States."

Labour's Deputy Leader, Tom Watson, tweeted: "Officer, I'd like to report a hate crime."

Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson also responded to the president's tweet, accusing him of "misleading and spreading fear".

The Office for National Statistics said it would not comment on Mr Trump's tweet, but added that the survey relates to all crimes in England and Wales between 2016 and 2017.

The statistics show that in the year ending June 2017, of the 664 homicides in England and Wales, 35 were caused by the London and Manchester terror attacks. Scotland has a similar survey on perceptions of crime that runs every two years. In the most recent one, published in 2016, crimes committed against adults were down 16% since the previous survey in 2012-13. Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland are at their lowest level since 1974.

Bron:
BBC NEWS, 20/10/2017
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41695667

Mening:
Dit is de zoveelste tweet van de heer Trump die voor commotie zorgt. Het begint wel echt uit de hand te lopen als hij nu ook gewoon in het wilde weg gaat tweeten over de politiek die in andere landen gevoerd wordt. Trump kan geen weet hebben van de achterliggende redenen van deze stijging van de criminaliteit. De Britse politiek zal dit probleem zelf wel opmerken en heeft daarvoor geen duwtje in de rug nodig van de president van de Verenigde Staten. Door dingen als dit op het internet te werpen, versterk je in mijn ogen net zeer fel het ‘wij-zij-denken’. Een mentaliteit zoals dat is net iets zeer gevaarlijk voor de multiculturele maatschappij waarin we nu leven.
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