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12 BNP Members on Bail After Distributing Leaflets "Inciting Racial Hatred"

by Christina 123 | November 23, 2008 at 03:41 pm

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TWELVE British Nationalist Party (BNP) members have bee arrested and released on bail on suspicion of distributing material under the Incitement to Racial Hatred Act. The incident happened in Liverpool City Centre.

Twelve British National Party (BNP) members have been arrested on suspicion of distributing racist material in Liverpool city centre.
Merseyside Police said the men were held at about 1250 GMT after leaflets were distributed in the Whitechapel area of the city.
Roy Goodwin, organiser of the Blackpool and Oldham BNP branches, confirmed 12 party members were arrested.
He said the contents of the leaflets had been "carefully vetted".
The 12 men were later released on bail to appear at a police station early in the New Year.
Police said those arrested were a 29-year-old and a 51-year-old from the south Liverpool area; a 64-year-old from the Wirral; a 19-year-old; a 46-year-old and a 41-year-old from north Liverpool; a 61-year-old and a 42-year-old from Knowsley; a 70-year-old; a 44-year-old; and a 29-year-old and a 48-year-old from St Helens.

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Dave Keating

at 00:24 on November 24th, 2008

Thanks for posting, this is an interesting story, especially in light of the recent publishing of the BNP membership list.

Sputnic

at 01:37 on November 24th, 2008

Looks like the police want to prove they aren't racist. Lets hope they keep it up

Mactoo (not verified)

at 09:29 on November 24th, 2008

Its a sad fact, but it seems that in todays NuLab world if you want to get to the truth you can forget about the BBC, you will have to Google BNP. If the facts as stated in their website are true, then we the British people have a lot to be fearful about.

Ben 017 (not verified)

at 21:53 on December 4th, 2008

The leaflet pointed out the double standards in the reporting of race crime in the media. For instance, the view seems to be that only whites are capable of hate crimes which is absurd. Sad that it takes a bunch of extremists like the BNP to point this out.