Ivo
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Yet another incident on public transport in London (remember this one on the Tramlink?) - and another person sent down.
From the BBC:
This country is sadly showing no signs of improving, particularly in London. Anyone who saw Panorama last night and believed the program's usual bias needs to think twice after seeing something like this.
At least she turned herself in though, so honesty and the like aren't completely dead; I suspect this may have reduced her sentence slightly. In no way though does it suggest that she doesn't deserve this result - racism is, and always will be, completely unacceptable.
Anyone who wishes to see the Youtube video - click on the BBC link.
From the BBC:
Racist Tube rant woman Jacqueline Woodhouse jailed
A London Underground passenger has been jailed for 21 weeks after she admitted hurling racist abuse at fellow passengers.
Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, of Romford, east London, directed an expletive-ridden rant at Tube passengers on the Central line on 23 January.
A seven-minute video of the verbal assault was uploaded to YouTube.
She received a 21-week prison sentence and a five-year Asbo at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Woodhouse admitted racially aggravated intentional harassment, at the court, earlier in May.
The prosecution offered no evidence on a separate charge of racially aggravated common assault.
The court heard she stumbled over a black woman named Judy Russell as she boarded the carriage and proceeded to hurl insults, shouting: "You Africans take our council flats."
The video shows Galbant Juttla, who filmed the incident on his mobile phone, telling Woodhouse to keep her mouth shut and that she had had too much to drink.
"It's not your country anyway so what's your problem?" she said.
"It's been overtaken by people like you."
In further remarks, on a packed train between St Paul's and Mile End stations, she told passengers: "I'll have you arrested because you don't live here" and "I hope you are not claiming benefits."
The video of the verbal assault was viewed on YouTube more than 200,000 times.
Woodhouse handed herself into police, telling officers she could not remember the comments but recognised herself in the video.
This country is sadly showing no signs of improving, particularly in London. Anyone who saw Panorama last night and believed the program's usual bias needs to think twice after seeing something like this.
At least she turned herself in though, so honesty and the like aren't completely dead; I suspect this may have reduced her sentence slightly. In no way though does it suggest that she doesn't deserve this result - racism is, and always will be, completely unacceptable.
Anyone who wishes to see the Youtube video - click on the BBC link.