Posted on 07/21/2007 6:24:08 PM PDT by WesternCulture
A 39-year-old man was found dead in custody in Malmö on Saturday morning. The man had committed suicide, a day after being told that he was to be deported to France.
He had been in custody for almost three months while the appeal court considered his case.
"The fact that he had a negative decision from the appeal court did not mean any special measures from our side. Here we have a normal daily routine with such decisions," said the head of the Malmö remand centre, Hans Svensson.
The 39-year-old, who was a Swedish citizen, had not been under special supervision. He had contact with staff during mealtimes, showers and walks.
He was not considered to be a high suicide risk since the crime he was alleged to have committed would not result in a harsh sentence if he was found guilty.
Nor did the man react particularly strongly on Friday when the verdict came from the appeal court. Staff informed him that he was entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The man was found dead just after 8am on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the appeal court's decision. He had hanged himself from the toilet door frame with torn sheets.
Police carried out a search of the cell on Saturday. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is to launch its own inquiry.
I’d probably hang myself too if I had to be sent to France. ;-)
I’m sure it’s not, but we like to make fun of the French anyway.
Yeah, but we are still the only country to embrace the wonderful sport Europeans know as “American” Football.
French Military have the BEST Chow Halls, When I was there I ate every Meal, I couldn’t believe how good just Coffee and buttered bread could be... it was (slobbering) awesome.
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French prisons are noted for being horrific. Swedish prisons are more like the nicer American public schools. The guy was probably more afraid of the rumor than the reality, though.
“There is no hell, there is only France.”
-Frank Zappa
Certain European nations??? I thought we were discussing the merits and athletic superiority (or lack thereof) of France. Even if I agree with your claim (which I don't), does that excuse France's arrogance, rudeness, snobishness and overall...uh...Frenchness?
Rosengård, an area with a very high immigrant population, is yet again on the frontpage as the riots from Saturday continue. On Sunday, several storage facilities were set ablaze.
But the most disturbing thing was that a 17-year-old boy was brutally assaulted by a group of 6 "youths" (as the newspaper described them). They beat him so severely that he is now treated in intesive care in Lund Hospital.
The assault took place at 20:30, when two boys were on their way home from soccer practice. The gang concentrated on the 17-year-old; his friend got away to alert the police. When the police arrived at the scene, they found the boy lying on the ground with wounds to his head. According to the friend who got away, the attackers were unknown to them -- which indicates that this was a random, unprovoked act of violence.
The boy, in critical condition, is sedated and is on life support with a respirator.
The police have made no arrests and the motive is unknown.
Fjordman, the great Norwegian essayist, kindly sends in this background material:
Malmö is Sweden's third largest city and by far the worst city in Scandinavia when it comes to Muslim aggression. Here are some of my older posts about Malmö. Keep in mind when you read this that Swedes pay the highest tax rates of any (supposedly) free nation. I read recently that an Arab girl interviewed in Malmö said that she liked it so much there, it felt almost like an Arab city:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/01/sweden-country-that-sacrifices-its.html
Two local Liberal Party politicians in Malmö have proposed a ban on the use of languages other than Swedish in school classrooms. "This is a local proposal. In Malmö we have a very unique situation: we are close to the point where a majority of pupils have a foreign background, which is to say that either they or their parents come from a country outside Sweden." Widman explains that some schools in Malmö have as few as 5 percent ethnic Swedes in their classrooms.
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/03/all-arabic-preschool-classes-in.html
Malmö, Sweden's third largest city, has now taken another step towards its Islamization: Starting from the fall of 2005, the district of Hyllie will begin education in Arabic only for groups of immigrant preschool children.
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/06/jihad-in-swedish-schools.html
A high school teacher in Malmö, Sweden, who discovered that about a dozen Arab students were laughing and shouting "Allahu Akbar!" while watching a DVD of infidel hostages being beheaded in Iraq. The headmaster didn't think the incident was such a big deal. At least 139 schools in Sweden suffered arson attacks during 2002 alone. Such as an incident in Malmö, where three schools were put on fire during one night. Björn Vinberg from the fire department in Kroksbäck in the Malmö area says it's humiliating and degrading to put out fires again and again in the same immigrant areas, with school kids laughing at them and lighting a new one just afterwards. His colleagues have been to the same place no less than twenty times, all totally unnecessary.
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/10/another-arson-attack-on-malm-mosque.html
Another arson attack on the mosque in Malmö, just a month after the previous one. Will we see more retaliatory attacks, as Sweden's third largest city continues its spiral into religious clashes?
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/09/swedish-cultural-symbols-targeted-by.html
In Malmö, attackers vandalized graves in one of the city's churchyards. They only seemed to be interested in the crosses.
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/02/muslim-rape-epidemic-in-sweden-and.html
There was a doubling of the number of reported rapes in 2004, following what was already a decade of steadily increasing numbers of sexual crimes. - I think that's great news, says Anna Gustafsson, head of the Domestic Violence Unit at the Malmö Police. She suggests that the increase is due to the fact that women who otherwise wouldn't press charges for rape now choose to contact the police.
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/05/is-swedish-democracy-collapsing.html
Few areas in Sweden are worse hit by the current troubles than Malmö, the nation's third largest city. According to some estimates, the rapidly growing Muslim immigrant population may turn Malmö into a Muslim majority city within about ten years. Native Swedes are leaving the city in droves, as crime is rampant and the police publicly admit they don't control all parts of the city. There are now gangs in Malmö specialized in assaulting old people visiting the graves of relatives. Robberies have increased with 50 % in Malmö only during the fall of 2004.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/938
The wave of robberies the city of Malmö has witnessed during this past year is part of a "war against the Swedes." This is the explanation given by young robbers from immigrant backgrounds when questioned about why they only rob native Swedes, in interviews with Petra Åkesson for her thesis in sociology.
Almost 90% of all robberies reported to the police were committed by gangs, not individuals. "When we are in the city and robbing we are waging a war, waging a war against the Swedes." This argument was repeated several times. "Power for me means that the Swedes shall look at me, lie down on the ground and kiss my feet." The boys explain, laughingly, that "there is a thrilling sensation in your body when you're robbing, you feel satisfied and happy, it feels as if you've succeeded, it simply feels good." "It's so easy to rob Swedes, so easy." "We rob every single day, as often as we want to, whenever we want to. The Swedes don't do anything, they just give us the stuff. They're so wimpy." The young robbers do not plan their crimes: "No, we just see some Swedes that look rich or have nice mobile phones and then we rob them."
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2006/07/let-them-eat-kebab-new-marie.html
A man was attacked and nearly killed for the crime of wearing clothes with his own national flag while Sweden was participating in the World Cup. Sweden has the Christian cross in its flag, and apparently, some "Multicultural youths" found this to be an intolerable provocation. The 24-year-old man was run down by a car in the city of Malmö. He was wearing some clothes with Swedish national symbols on them, and this "provoked some emotions."
http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/Fjordman60527.htm
During the Jihad riots in France in the fall of 2005, Sweden's Social Democratic Prime Minister Göran Persson criticized the way the French government handled the unrest in the country. "It feels like a very hard and confrontational approach." Persson also rejected the idea of more local police as a "first step" in Sweden. "I don't believe that's the way we would choose in Sweden. To start sending out signals about strengthening the police is to break with the political line we have chosen to follow," he said. Meanwhile, as their authorities have largely abandoned their third largest city to creeping anarchy, there is open talk among the native Swedes still remaining in Malmö of forming vigilante groups, armed with baseball bats and concern for their children's safety.
I suppose none of us should judge the breaking point of another person...
So it’s the arrogance of the country of France itself that bothers you—not that of any actual individual French person?
“We DO make fun of the French a lot for their current foreign policy...”
- This isn’t exactly unheard of.
Let’s have a look to the serious aspect of the matter.
Many Europeans didn’t behave like good Westerners when the WTC was attacked. A lot of us did, yes, but to tell you the truth, I think we Europeans still have a lot to learn about basic things in life. Like the meaning of friendship.
I’d say that some really important things are in bad need of fixing.
Europe and America, the two strongest economies on earth, will have to realize what they actually could accomplish if united and what they run the risk of destroying if they are not.
Today, we behave like infants whenever we are confronted with cross-Atlantic cultural/political expressions that somehow differs from and stand in opposition to the ones we are brought up with.
The present relation between Europe and America is not only childish and immature. It is also characterized by mendacity.
For years, I’ve heard Americans saying “we couldn’t less about what the Europeans say about us”.
This is a blatant lie. Few things are able of hurting a person, even a strong one, like the words of siblings.
We Europeans pride ourselves of many things, like being well educated.
But little have we understood about valuable things in life if we fail to realize what it feels like to see people you once trusted deep inside of your soul burning your country’s flag after YOUR COUNTRY was attacked by terrorists.
If a European like Socrates would revisit our continent of today and discover how ‘aware’ Europeans presently behave, he would turn his back on this horror in disgust.
A new renaissance!
Actually, it is their ungratefulness that bothers me the most.
Satan HATES the cross.
“I suppose none of us should judge the breaking point of another person...”
- Dear gogeo, do you wish to make exuses for the (tennis)court behavior of John Patrick McEnroe, Jr?
“exuses”
- ‘Excuses’ it is. Even though I often fail, I do know how to spell this word. At least when I occasionally remember how to.
“Actually, it is their ungratefulness that bothers me the most.”
- Really old, grey haired senior citizens of Germany with somewhat of a military background often make the same complaint regarding the frenchies.
It simply isn’t true that The US, Britain or Soviet fought the Nazis because they cared about France.
The primary concern was the threat a of Nazi empire on the rise.
The primary concern was the threat a of Nazi empire on the rise.
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought France actually benefitted from the thousands of 'selfish' US, British and Soviet soldiers that fought and died during WWII. My mistake. /sarc.
Regardless of why we fought Nazi Germany, shouldn't they appreciate the fact they were liberated?
“Regardless of why we fought Nazi Germany, shouldn’t they appreciate the fact they were liberated?”
My answer (and I’d like to say it is a rather neutral one) still is much of a “no”.
Liberating France or whatever you might call it was right. The forces who accomplished this are worthy of admiration. Compared to them, I can’t claim to be much of a maker of history. Yet.
It’s also a question of doing what simply was the right and only thing to do in a difficult situation. I hope you realize I’m not wishing to deny this.
But these facts still don’t make French liberty the primary objective of the allied forces during WW2.
The US did not wish Europe to be dominated by the Nazis, nor did the US wish to see Europe being ruled by The Kreml.
But why quarrel? The really important thing is that both of these scenarios were avoided. To a very large degree, this was due to the actions of the US.
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