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London: Police fury as bosses tell them to 'celebrate' gipsies
Daily Mail ^ | 12th July 2008 | Stephen Wright

Posted on 07/12/2008 7:07:58 AM PDT by yankeedame

Police fury as bosses tell them to 'celebrate' gipsies

By Stephen Wright
Last updated at 9:19 AM on 12th July 2008


Denise Milani: The Metropolitan Police director
urges officers to observe
'Gipsy Roma Traveller History Month'

Their arrival in the capital is said to have led to a huge rise in thieving and prompted the creation of a specialist police squad to tackle their sinister activities.

Yet in a move which has caused disbelief amongst rank and file officers, Scotland Yard has asked staff to 'celebrate' the contribution of Roma gipsies to 'London's culture and diversity.'

In a notice posted on the force's intranet website, Denise Milani, director of the Met's 'Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate', urges officers to observe the first ever 'Gipsy Roma Traveller History Month.'

She says: 'We welcome the celebration of the community's history and contributions to London's culture and diversity.

'The Met Police works to make London a safer city for all and we are committed to understanding and working with all communities, including the Gipsy Roma Traveller community....

The mother-of-two's comments were described as 'political correctness off the Richter scale' by one furious detective. He added: 'What planet is this lady living on?

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: crime; culturaldiversity; donutwatch; eu; multiculturalism; orwell; uk
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1 posted on 07/12/2008 7:07:58 AM PDT by yankeedame
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To: yankeedame
"C'mon boys, calm down. A Gypsy Curse ain't cool to live down."

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 07/12/2008 7:09:15 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: yankeedame

Why the outrage? Seems like a perfect excuse for the police to study their ways more closely, to gain better knowledge of their whereabouts and activities, ‘ya know what I mean?


3 posted on 07/12/2008 7:10:36 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: yankeedame

Can Mafia Appreciation Day be far behind?


4 posted on 07/12/2008 7:12:00 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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To: yankeedame

The ONLY thing I know about gypsies is that they’ll steal the shoes off your feet if you’re not careful.


5 posted on 07/12/2008 7:12:29 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: SoCal Pubbie
Cue music by Cher....

Gypsies tramps and thieves....

6 posted on 07/12/2008 7:13:30 AM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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To: yankeedame

> Police have estimated that each active Romanian criminal makes about £100,000 a year - most of which is channelled back to his home country to fund luxury cars and homes.

Crikey. That is about NZ$300,000 tax free or about NZ$480,000 before tax... not a bad living by anybody’s standard.

Who says Crime doesn’t pay?


7 posted on 07/12/2008 7:16:03 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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8 posted on 07/12/2008 7:16:18 AM PDT by AndrewB
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To: Fox_Mulder77

I think you are right about that. years ago my father in law rented some apartments to a bunch of gypsies. I don’t know if they were Roma or Irish but when they left they took everything. They stole the curtains, ceiling fans, door knobs, plumbing fixtures, everything they could remove and carry out was gone.


9 posted on 07/12/2008 7:18:10 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: yankeedame
I took two of my daughters and a favorite niece to London-Paris for Christmas in 2000. We stayed in a flat in upscale South Kensington.

We breakfasted at the same cafe every day in London. One morning there was a gypsy woman with a baby two booths behind us. The waitress made a point of leaning in and whispering a warning...."Be careful with your things, she's a gypsy. Don't let her get you talking, they're never alone."

The girls (14, 14, 15) had absolutely no clue about the 'gypsy problem'. After that they started to notice the panhandlers and beggars. When we got to Paris they laughed because it looked as though the exact same gypsies had followed us over.

10 posted on 07/12/2008 7:19:48 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: yankeedame
STUPIDITY REIGNS SUPREME!

Denise Milani: The Metropolitan Police director urges officers to observe 'Gipsy Roma Traveller History Month'

Scotland Yard has asked staff to 'celebrate' the contribution of Roma gipsies to 'London's culture and diversity.'

11 posted on 07/12/2008 7:21:51 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Ditter

My sister was head nurse on a ward at a hospital in Syracuse. A gypsy came in for treatment. Within two days the ward was infested with them (her word). She said they were everywhere and always looking for something to lift. It took the better part of a week and a hard attitude backed up by Syracuse police to rid the hospital of them.


12 posted on 07/12/2008 7:23:08 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: Fox_Mulder77
The ONLY thing I know about gypsies is that they’ll steal the shoes off your feet if you’re not careful.

I was at a train station in Ukraine with my Ukrainian wife when she grabs my hand and takes off in a mad sprint. I ask my wife what that was all about. Turns out there was a family of Gypsies sitting on the curb and my wife truly believes that if you make eye contact with them, they'll give you the "Evil Eye" to put you in a trance and steal all your money.

13 posted on 07/12/2008 7:25:22 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: wtc911

In Pittsburgh, we have a tribe of these mongrols running around, fleecing old people and robbing anything that isnt nails down.
These people are on the same level as Muslims for the destructive nature of thier culture.


14 posted on 07/12/2008 7:26:32 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (RIGHT: Wots all this then?)
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To: Ditter
Years ago my father in law rented some apartments to a bunch of gypsies. I don’t know if they were Roma or Irish but when they left they took everything. They stole the curtains, ceiling fans, door knobs, plumbing fixtures, everything they could remove and carry out was gone.

Your father-in-law owned the White House?

15 posted on 07/12/2008 7:28:14 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Barack Obama--the first black Jimmy Carter.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“Your father-in-law owned the White House?”

The KKKlintons were gypsies? It would explain alot.


16 posted on 07/12/2008 7:34:28 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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To: wtc911
They are still around and still at it. In March a house across the street from me was robbed. The police think it was Irish gypsies because of their MO. They took, furniture, rugs, pictures off the walls, clothing, even the mans toothpaste. It chilled my spine because, undoubtedly they peered into my windows while looking for a house to rob.

Either they saw my burglar alarm, high fence and gates, dogs, security dog signs, or they didn't like my stuff. They probably didn't like my stuff and that is a good thing. ha!

17 posted on 07/12/2008 7:43:41 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: yankeedame

Gypsy history month? The only two attempts to pick my pocket that have ever been made were made by Gypsies....in the Rome subway to be exact.The first was successful and the second one wasn’t.


18 posted on 07/12/2008 7:56:10 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: wtc911
One of the ER nurses I worked with had been a nursing supervisor for the men's medical wards (yes,it was a long time ago) and told us a story about how the “king of the gypsies” was once on a medical floor surrounded by his “flock”.She said that one night as she was approaching that ward for her rounds she saw a group of gypsies making off with the ward's brand new (and quite expensive) ECG machine.
19 posted on 07/12/2008 8:02:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: Ditter
Where do you live that you'd be near Irish “Travellers”? They're hard enough to find in Ireland these days.Just curious!
20 posted on 07/12/2008 8:04:22 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: yankeedame
I much prefer this Denise Milani:


21 posted on 07/12/2008 8:09:22 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Gay State Conservative
I live in Houston. I have heard that there is a community up near Dallas and another on the east coast of the US where they live. They aren't called Travelers for nothing, they travel.

About 25 years ago we were looking for a house to rent (in Houston). The agent said he thought the tenants were getting ready to move out so he gave us the address and we did a drive by at night. It was on a very secluded street and every light was on in very room of a 2 story house. We pulled up in front and we could see people in every room at least 30 of them. As we sat there in our car, the lights started going out and in minutes the house was completely dark. We got out of there fast because we had the feeling they were coming out of the house and looking at our car.

Later the agent admitted they were gypsies and he was having a problem getting them out of the house. I wouldn't have rented that house even if they had moved.

22 posted on 07/12/2008 8:14:07 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: yankeedame

“Yet in a move which has caused disbelief amongst rank and file officers, Scotland Yard has asked staff to ‘celebrate’ the contribution of Roma gipsies to ‘London’s culture and diversity.”

If this bunch of half-wits had been in charge of England centuries ago, they’d have invited the Huns, Mongols and Moslems to England, and would have provided them transportation across the English Channel.


23 posted on 07/12/2008 8:15:03 AM PDT by Will88
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To: wtc911

I was in Paris last fall. There the gypsies stake out the tourist spots (Notre Dame, outside the Lourve, etc.) and try to get you to read small 5x7 cars written in English indicating they are Bosnian Christian refugees and asking for donations. But while you read the card someone sneaks up behind you to try to pick your pocket. I sat off to the side in Notre Dame square and just watched them go at it. Extremely low success rate, but they were at it for hours.


24 posted on 07/12/2008 8:16:15 AM PDT by happyathome
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To: Gay State Conservative

I saw lots of gypsies in Ireland but that was about 44 years ago. Maybe they immigrated.


25 posted on 07/12/2008 8:16:42 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: wtc911
One morning there was a gypsy woman with a baby two booths behind us

A number of years ago my nephew was playing semi-pro hockey in Europe. After the season ended he stayed for a while to do some touring. One day a lady with a baby in her arms approached him and started asking him question. She then thrust the baby into his arms which of course threw him off guard. After he had given the baby back and she left, he realized someone had stolen his wallet during the incident.

26 posted on 07/12/2008 8:24:34 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Ditter
I have heard that there is a community up near Dallas and another on the east coast of the US where they live. They aren't called Travelers for nothing, they travel.

I'm less surprised by them being on the East Coast than in Texas.Hey,you learn something new every day.You can find Romanian gypsies around here but I've never heard of the Irish variety being here.

27 posted on 07/12/2008 8:29:59 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: yankeedame

Here in Missouri they come by every Spring doing their usual thievery. The media used to refer to them as “Gypsies”, then as “so-called”gypsies””. Now there is no mention of their ethnicity at all.


28 posted on 07/12/2008 8:32:55 AM PDT by Riverine
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To: Ditter
I saw lots of gypsies in Ireland but that was about 44 years ago

Although they pursue a similar lifestyle, I believe the Irish Gypsies, also known as "Travelers," are native Irish and unrelated to the Roma, who are originally from India.

29 posted on 07/12/2008 8:34:50 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Gay State Conservative
I would never have thought about Irish gypsies robbing the house across the street. That came right from the police. A friend of mine is related to the man who was robbed and she told me what the police told him. I have heard (don't remember where) that the Texas Irish gypsies live in or near White Settlement east of Dallas. Maybe a Dallas area freeper could confirm that.
30 posted on 07/12/2008 8:40:28 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Fiji Hill

You hear the name “Eli” and it’s probably a Gypsy. You hear the name “Sherlock” and it’s probably an Irish traveller. Just my experience.


31 posted on 07/12/2008 8:40:38 AM PDT by Riverine
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To: Ditter

Two gypsy driveway pavers came by the house. They tried to get me talking, to name neighbors who could use a paver. I declined to talk, shut the door and called the police. I still saw the truck cruising around the next couple of days.


32 posted on 07/12/2008 8:45:10 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: Fiji Hill
That would correlate with what I saw in Ireland. The Irish gypsies looked like Irish farm workers down on their luck and if I hadn't been told I would have just thought they were beggars. We did eventually see some of them around a wagon that you associate being a ‘gypsy wagon”.
33 posted on 07/12/2008 8:48:32 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Hacklehead

Beat me to it.


34 posted on 07/12/2008 8:55:21 AM PDT by white trash redneck (Just one of B. Hussein Obama's "typical white people")
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To: Ditter

A few years ago, I saw an advertisement in a magazine by a travel company offering tours of Ireland aboard “Gypsy wagons.”


35 posted on 07/12/2008 9:13:14 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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I had never seen a "real" gypsy till I lived in Spain, many,many years ago. Ye cats and little kittens but how the Spanish hate the gypsies!

Being a sweet young, and hopelessly naive, thing, I brightly made a joke to some Spanish friends that since my husband and I loved to travel "we must have gypsy blood". Imagine my surprise when I realized their shocked look, and the expression that they didn't find it even remotely amusing. My husband quickly explained we really didn't have any gypsy blood, that I was just trying to be funny, etc., etc., but I think from then on out they were never, ever quite sure...

36 posted on 07/12/2008 9:18:11 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Fiji Hill
OMG LOL! That would be some sloooowwww travel. Bicycles would be faster. I wonder if the wagons had been fumigated?
37 posted on 07/12/2008 9:19:34 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: yankeedame

LOL!


38 posted on 07/12/2008 9:21:08 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: yankeedame

British authorities have also announced that sniffer dogs are to search gypsy homes and caravans only under exceptional circumstances and when they do they are to be outfitted with rings on their toes.


39 posted on 07/12/2008 9:39:35 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: yankeedame
Yet in a move which has caused disbelief amongst rank and file officers, Scotland Yard has asked staff to 'celebrate' the contribution of Roma gipsies to 'London's culture and diversity.'

This example of the descent of society rests almost singularly on pensions. Most police fall in line with orders from above because they fear losing their pensions if fired. Pensions controlled by those other than the recipients are used by governments, unions, and corporations to command obedience. Until the control of pensions is put into the hands of receipts, society will descend or remain flat. It won;t ascend because the worker will be too afraid to be vibrant for fear of losing it all.

40 posted on 07/12/2008 10:54:25 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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"irish gypsies"

My English-born wife has given me a lot of info about the "Irish" gypsies. They are known by the name of "diddycoys" in Britain. On a recent trip to Britain my brother-in-law pointed out an encampment of them close to their home near Norwich. Apparently many town councils are unwilling to deal with them and let them set up their encampments wherever they find open land. Unfortunately the diddycoys never clean up after themselves and leave huge messes when they finally move on. And many times robbing the nearby vicinity blind.

41 posted on 07/12/2008 12:52:52 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

That is an interesting bit of information. “diddycoys” thanks.


42 posted on 07/12/2008 1:37:42 PM PDT by Ditter
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Denise Milani, director of the Met's 'Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate'

Ah jeez - another Chief Diversity Officer. And the taxpayers are having to fund this.

I wish I could come back to earth in a couple hundred years and read the history books' chapters on the "quaint" jobs people worked at during this time in history.

On the other hand, I'd rather know that the Tribulation had come and gone and our Lord was back here and in total control.

43 posted on 07/12/2008 10:02:01 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: driftless2
Rumer Godden's best-selling 1972 novel The Diddakoi deals with the problems that occur when a Gypsy/Roma child is left orphaned in a classic English country town. Although Godden's slant was that of the typical postwar English liberal ("See, darling, they're just like us!"), it's nevertheless a good read.

A colony of Travellers lives here in Tarrant County, and are well-known for descending upon suburban neighborhoods in our area after every hailstorm and offering their bogus roof-repair services. We just warn them off and call the cops. (I have a steel roof on my house now, God be praised.) Some cultures are dysfunctional and cannot coexist with Judeo-Christian culture. In my opinion, Traveller culture is one such.

44 posted on 07/21/2008 11:01:11 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: yankeedame
I have to admit, I once lived in a town that had a small gypsy invasion.

Subsequently, they became the first group of people that I acquired a real prejudice against.

They liked conning the elderly, among other despicable cons.

45 posted on 07/21/2008 11:12:30 AM PDT by happygrl
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

No worse than being required to celebrate the “diversity” and “bless the union of” homosexuals.


46 posted on 07/21/2008 11:17:04 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Hacklehead

Good thinkin’! I would support a day for the Bloods and one for the Crips.


47 posted on 07/21/2008 11:18:40 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: TLI

Diversity has become a cuddly, feely for morally relative (criminal) activity and the triumph of the anti-culture. Britain is so screwed. That woman belongs in a straitjacket not a police uniform.


48 posted on 07/21/2008 11:28:44 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: driftless2

They are called “tinkers” in Ireland. This stemmed from their repair of pots and pans to mask their otherwise criminal (and more lucrative) activities.


49 posted on 07/21/2008 11:33:23 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: Riverine

Yeah, they do a thriving business in St. Louis with phony driveway paving and sealing. If the Post-Disgrace were less PC and more civic-minded, it would do a better job alerting the populace (especially the elderly) to these vermin.


50 posted on 07/21/2008 11:40:09 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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