So The Guardian et al are outraged because 40% of people tasered in London are black

[SWv2]

I have a friend here who is in the police force - seems to be drunk most of the time

Friends yet so little in common.

[SWv2]

I note the repeated use of the word 'accused' there. I think you know where I am going with this.

Some hugely boring Springsteen reference would by my guess.

[redgunamo]

What do they think they're going to do? Grow a beard, bark 'Death to the West' and detonate themselves on Oxford St?

Haha, no. They already have a beard. Further, extensive google searching rural South-Central Asian locations hunting down Country-of-Origin specimens tends to excite interest in a certain sort, in this climate. I understand it was even worse just before we actually invaded the place.

Terrific hounds though, all the same. A damn nuisance to keep.

[Peter]

Some hugely boring Springsteen reference would by my guess.

Ah, you are thinking of that verse in My Hometown. Or possibly American Skin?

No, I wasn't going with that. Probably more of a Hattie Carroll reference.

[Sir C]

Some hugely boring Springsteen reference would by my guess.

Well the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was mean John Brown
He came into the courthouse
And stared poor Johnny down
Said, "The evidence is clear
Gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year
We'll call it even Johnny 99"

A sad tale, I think you'll agree.

[SWv2]

Well the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was mean John Brown
He came into the courthouse
And stared poor Johnny down
Said, "The evidence is clear
Gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year
We'll call it even Johnny 99"

A sad tale, I think you'll agree.

What crime did Johnny commit?

[Luis Anaconda]

Well the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was mean John Brown
He came into the courthouse
And stared poor Johnny down
Said, "The evidence is clear
Gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year
We'll call it even Johnny 99"

A sad tale, I think you'll agree.

Mmmm 99

99.jpg

[Peter]

Well the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was mean John Brown
He came into the courthouse
And stared poor Johnny down
Said, "The evidence is clear
Gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year
We'll call it even Johnny 99"

A sad tale, I think you'll agree.

Not really about race though is it. More yer disenfranchised white working class Trump voter kind of deal. Not that I would accuse Ralph of that kind of thing.

[redgunamo]

What crime did Johnny commit?

We'll think up something later. The important thing is he's guilty.

[Sir C]

What crime did Johnny commit?

He came home too drunk
From mixing Tanqueray and wine
Got a gun
Killed a night clerk
Now they call him Johnny 99.