Surely the Police have better things to do than this

[asredastheycome]

Police probe Swastika graffiti scrawled on estate lamppost

The offensive graffiti was drawn onto a lampost on an Eaglescliffe alleyway

www.gazettelive.co.uk

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Surely the council have better things to spend money on than respraying lamposts just because someone has drawn on them.

 

[Caretaker1]

Police probe Swastika graffiti scrawled on estate lamppost

The offensive graffiti was drawn onto a lampost on an Eaglescliffe alleyway

www.gazettelive.co.uk

It's trendy and current and PC.
Try getting someone to come and look at criminal damage to your property .

 

[Billy69_uk]

I would counter that this is exactly the kind of thing the police should be investigating.

 

[Billy69_uk]

It's trendy and current and PC.
Try getting someone to come and look at criminal damage to your property .

I have read that right?

investigating nazi related activity is now considered trendy, current and politically correct?

really?

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

My guess is that some bored kids did it, rather than heralding start of the Fourth Reich.

 

[Billy69_uk]

My guess is that some bored kids did it, rather than heralding start of the Fourth Reich.

that would be my guess as well, but its still worth a look, and at best it might be an opportunity for a quick chat and realignment of expectations.

 

[Acklam_Lad]

My guess is that some bored kids did it, rather than heralding start of the Fourth Reich.

So its much better to nip it in the bud now before you get some far right nutter by the age of 18

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

It's trendy and current and PC.
Try getting someone to come and look at criminal damage to your property .

At what point would you draw the line as being so offensive that you'd investigate it?

 

[davidmills]

Surely needs 24 hr plain clothes surveillance.
2 officers at least per shift say for a month or until dirty nasty hate crime is solved.
Should only cost about 100k
To watch a lampost.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

At what point would you draw the line as being so offensive that you'd investigate it?

Maybe when people start marching with swastikas..

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www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

catch the kids - send them to a camp for re-education - oh hang on. Graffiti is a crime end of.

 

[Glover_elbow]

that would be my guess as well, but its still worth a look, and at best it might be an opportunity for a quick chat and realignment of expectations.

Sensible thing would be to get the council to cover it up and if happens for again then involve the police

 

[dorivasmiddlefinger]

I have read that right?

investigating nazi related activity is now considered trendy, current and politically correct?

really?

Nazi related activity, what, the Eaglescliffe branch of the SS

It's probably a school kid.

 

[Loop]

An absolute waste of time, but Cleveland police are used to that.

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

A surprising level of support for vandalism on the board.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Nazi related activity, what, the Eaglescliffe branch of the SS

It's probably a school kid.

The Eaglescliffe Nest.

 

[Mountain Climber]

It all fits nicely with the current 'trendy' narrative of 'Virtue Signalling' being of more importance than dealing with real crime that affects peoples lives daily.

Those elderly folk who have been mugged, or had their houses broken into, those who have had their cars damaged by feral youths, or been subjected to intimidation in the street are well down the list of priorities it would appear.

They will be given an incident number and nothing else will probably happen. The boxes will have been ticked though as far as the 'Hate Crime' focus around slogans on walls.

It would have been better to have ignored it. Let the council quietly paint over it and not draw attention to make it more of an issue than it should be.

 

[Billy69_uk]

Nazi related activity, what, the Eaglescliffe branch of the SS

It's probably a school kid.

Eaglescliffe chapter of the Hitler Youth, ready to fight the hoards from ingleby over the disputed Yarm area

 

[Mwelolo]

It all fits nicely with the current 'trendy' narrative of 'Virtue Signalling' being of more importance than dealing with real crime that affects peoples lives daily.

Those elderly folk who have been mugged, or had their houses broken into, those who have had their cars damaged by feral youths, or been subjected to intimidation in the street are well down the list of priorities it would appear.

They will be given an incident number and nothing else will probably happen. The boxes will have been ticked though as far as the 'Hate Crime' focus around slogans on walls.

It would have been better to have ignored it. Let the council quietly paint over it and not draw attention to make it more of an issue than it should be.

Spot on.