Met blasts Donald Trump for 'London police in fear' claim

[inanna]

Source: The Guardian

Tuesday 8 December 2015 17.48 GMT

London’s Metropolitan police have said Donald Trump “could not be more wrong” when he claimed parts of London were so radicalised that officers feared for their lives.

Politicians also weighed in, with a Downing Street source saying the US presidential hopeful’s comments were “totally inaccurate” and London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, describing them as “utter nonsense”.

In a withering statement, the Met, responsible for policing the British capital, said: “We would not normally dignify such comments with a response, however, on this occasion we think it’s important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could not be more wrong.”

The statement continued: “Any candidate for the presidential election in the United States of America is welcome to receive a briefing from the Met police on the reality of policing London.”

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/08/the-met-blasts-donald-trump-for-london-police-in-fear-muslims-claim

[Eugene]

1. Oh dear, not the no-go zones again.

This nonsense was debunked when Booby Jindal made these claims.

Repeating the same fear mongering points does not make them true.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. I've seen resident bigots pushing "no-go zones" on Democratic message boards, even, ahem

very FAMILIAR ones.

Don't make me link that shit. the same bigots are heavy on the alert hand.

[Denzil_DC]

2. Boris said a little more:

[JudyM]

4. Oh that's too funny! Great quote. Nt

[Denzil_DC]

5. He has faults aplenty,

but he does have a way with words.

To be fair, he's never had time for this sort of nonsense either.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. I would fear

meeting Trump, too