{"id":213152,"date":"2020-09-06T17:13:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213152"},"modified":"2020-10-04T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T09:37:28","slug":"birmingham-stabbings-manhunt-as-one-killed-and-seven-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213152","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham stabbings: Manhunt as one killed and seven hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

News Commentary \u2013 Sept 6, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n
The following BBC report on a series of random, apparently motiveless knife attacks in Birmingham city centre last night illustrates a new trend in BBC reports.<\/h5>\n
Even though there were a number of eyewitnesses to these attacks, the BBC pointedly avoids quoting any description of the attacker. Even more significantly, the police wont describe the suspect either.<\/h5>\n
Normally the police would issue a description of the suspect in the interests of public safety. Not in this case though.<\/h5>\n
A little research confirmed my worst suspicions about why the BBC and the police were so reluctant to identify the suspect. We\u2019ll reveal more in the footnote.<\/h5>\n

Birmingham stabbings: Manhunt as one killed and seven hurt<\/h1>\n

BBC Online \u2013 Sept 6, 2020<\/h2>\n
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Heavily armed police in Birmingham after the attacks. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

A knifeman who killed one man and wounded seven other people in a two-hour stabbing rampage across Birmingham city centre is being hunted by police.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first stabbing was in Constitution Hill at 00:30 BST then the killer moved south, apparently attacking at random, officers said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The stabbings did not appear terrorism related, gang related or connected to disorder, West Midlands Police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Murder inquiry detectives said they were hunting a single suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

The force urged anyone with CCTV or mobile footage to contact them\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Graham said officers – some armed – remained across the city centre to reassure people.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added they had received a number of descriptions of the suspect but would not be releasing any details at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Continues \u2026 <\/span>https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-54045143<\/a><\/p>\n

Footnote \u2013 Sept 6, 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n
I had an uneasy feeling about the BBC and the police being unwilling to identify the attacker, even though they had several eyewitness descriptions.<\/h5>\n
A little research soon revealed the reason for this reluctance. According to Sky News<\/a><\/span>, which quoted one of the eyewitnesses:<\/h5>\n
Bar owner Savvas Sfrantziz told Sky News he saw the man, who he described as “a black guy between 20 and 25, wearing a black hoodie with two white stripes on the front, black trousers and a black cap”.<\/h5>\n
Interestingly, the BBC also spoke to Savvas Sfrantziz but they ommitted to include this part.<\/h5>\n
Had the suspect been White the BBC and the police would have been quick to issue descriptions and with good reason. They help identify the suspect and assist in apprehending them all the more quickly. So why not in this case? Or does political correctness now take precedence over public safety?<\/h5>\n
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CCTV image of Birmingham attacker. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, this could change and later reports may include fuller descriptions of the suspect. In fact stills from CCTV footage in the area now actually show the the attacker so the BBC and the police will be forced to be more forthcoming in their descriptions of the attacker.<\/h5>\n
As this happens expect this story to removed from the headlines to far less prominence.<\/h5>\n
Nonetheless, it should be noted the BBC and the police were both initally very reluctant to describe the suspect, even though they had eyewitness accounts.<\/h5>\n
Was their reticence politically motivated? Ed.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest example of how the publically funded BBC censors the \u201cnews\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,42,38,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-Race","category-The_Media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213152"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214527,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213152\/revisions\/214527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}