Posted on 01/11/2011 4:15:37 PM PST by george76
A top level inquiry is being carried out by police into claims that a gang of Asian men groomed girls as young as 13 for sex. It is understood that some of Greater Manchester Polices most senior officers have met to discuss the allegations.
We understand that so far 14 girls have been identified as potential victims. The girls claim they were plied with drink and drugs and then taken to flats and houses for sex.
Details of the investigation were revealed just days after former home secretary Jack Straw sparked controversy when he said some Asian men were targeting young white girls in an unrelated case.
The investigation was launched by officers in the Rochdale division but has now been passed to GMPs Major Incident Team because of the serious nature and potential volume of the offences.
A spokesman for GMP confirmed that all of the men arrested so far are Asian...Jack Straw spoke out after two Asian men who abused girls in Derby were given indeterminate jail terms. The comments sparked controversy and he was accused of racial stereotyping
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Asian ... Brit Speak for Muslim.
This is such BS.
Jack Straw, who has a brother named Last, the only two left.
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