UK allocates £250m for policing in Jewish communities (www.rte.ie)

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More than £250 million (€293.38m) is to be invested into increasing policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks "so Jewish communities can live and celebrate their faith free from fear," the UK government has said.

The increased funding will see a surge in police presence, patrols, and protecting security outside synagogues and schools, as well as specialist plain-clothes officers in Jewish communities.

It will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales, including around 300 additional officers in London and around 80 in Greater Manchester, along with more officers for forces serving other areas with significant Jewish populations.

The package will also continue Project Servator, deploying specialist and plain-clothes officers trained to identify suspicious behaviour and prevent serious crime.

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[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

The friend did get stabbed though and was left with injuries from it. Fending off the brunt of the attack doesn’t make the attack less attack’y

I haven't seen anything saying he actually got stabbed, only that there was an attempt and he sustained minor injuries feeding it off. That could mean anything from the knife grazing him to him breaking his nose in the struggle.

The guy is mentally ill

Mentally ill people are still capable of hate crimes.

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The acquaintance was a attacked by a knife and received injuries, wither they were from a stabbing or slashing seems a pedantic argument to me, the attacker was suffering from a psychotic break and was attacking people of many religions, to cherry-pick parts of his rampage and assign him motives he himself has never espoused is obviously driven by political agendas and intended to push certain narratives, not to show the actual truth of the events

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

That could mean anything from the knife grazing him to him breaking his nose in the struggle.

He was attacked with a knife and has a murder charge for it. You don't get those for no reason

Mentally ill people are still capable of hate crimes.

Sure so find me the part where he said he did it because he hated Jews.

Your argument is "Any person who is attacked and happens to be Jewish = antisemitism hate crime"

[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Mentally ill people are not often capable of logical rationalisation. You appear to be trying to rationalise irrational actions.

1 attack does not equate to a national rise in hate crimes either.

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