Re: Bid to arrest reggae star

I dunno if they have a 'first amendment' in England, although I'm sure they
have something similar - or they SHOULD.  If you don't like what the man has
to say, in my opinion, don't listen.  Just because someone says to do
something, the crime is in the actual DOING not in the saying.

As Guillame said:  "fuck them pressure groups"!!!!!!!

Why should that group OutRage! have their right to free speech and Bounty
Killer shouldn't.  I hope Scotland Yard laughs in their faces.

Linda




"Iriebaby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> so much for the first amenment....
>
> "RafaelTrujillo61" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Bid to arrest reggae star
> >
> > Met Police urged to arrest Bounty Killer
> >
> > The Metropolitan Police is being urged to arrest Jamaican reggae singer
> > Bounty Killer when he arrives in Britain later this week for a concert
at
> > the Stratford Rex in London next Saturday, 6 December.
> >
> > The gay rights group OutRage! is calling for Bounty Killer to be
arrested
> on
> > charges of inciting the assault and murder of gay people, and/or on
> charges
> > of causing harassment, alarm and distress. It has written to Detective
> Chief
> > Inspector Clive Driscoll of New Scotland Yard's hate crime unit, the
> > Diversity Directorate (copy of the letter below).
> >
> > Four Bounty Killer tracks call for gay people to be burned, drowned,
wiped
> > out, stoned and murdered (copy of the lyrics below).
> >
> > OutRage! is also requesting the police to warn the Stratford Rex and the
> > concert booking agency Ticketmania they "may be guilty of aiding and
> > abetting criminal offences by promoting and giving a platform to Bounty
> > Killer, especially if he performs any of his violently homophobic songs
on
> 6
> > December".
> >
> > OutRage! says: "If the Stratford Rex and Ticketmania cannot give an
> > assurance that these violent, criminal tracks will not be performed, we
> urge
> > the Metropolitan Police to insist that Bounty Killer's concert is
> cancelled
> > and that all ticket sales are halted".
> >
> > The full text of OutRage!'s letter to the Metropolitan Police, urging
> Bounty
> > Killer's arrest,  follows below.
> >
> > Further information: Peter Tatchell OutRage! 0207 403 1790
> >                                    Detective Chief Inspector Clive
> Driscoll
> > 07730 050 908
> >
> > Text of the OutRage! letter to the Metropolitan Police
> >
> > Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll
> > Diversity Directorate
> > Metropolitan Police
> > New Scotland Yard
> > London SW1
> >
> > 1 December 2003
> >
> > Dear Clive Driscoll,
> >
> > Request for the arrest of Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer on
charges
> of
> > inciting the assault and murder of gay people, and/or on charges of
> causing
> > harassment, alarm and distress.
> >
> > Further to my letter of 18 June 2003 requesting the prosecution of
reggae
> > artists who advocate homophobic violence and murder:
> >
> > One of those artists, the Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer, will be
in
> > Britain later this week to perform at a concert in Birmingham on Friday
5
> > December and at another concert in London on Saturday 6 December.
> >
> > His London venue is the Straford Rex. Tickets are being sold via
> Ticketmania
> > (0870 6000 888, www.ticketmania.co.uk).
> >
> > The lyrics of the four Bounty Killer songs listed below variously incite
> the
> > murder, assault and harassment of gay people and are, at the very least,
> > likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress - all of which are
criminal
> > offences.
> >
> > Specifically, the four tracks call for gay people to be burned, drowned,
> > wiped out, stoned and murdered.
> >
> > Bounty Killer cannot be allowed to come to this country and spread his
> > message of homophobic violence with impunity.
> >
> > 1) On behalf of the queer human rights group OutRage! I am urging the
> > Metropolitan Police to arrest and charge Bounty Killer under either
> Sections
> > 4 or 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, the common law offence of
incitement
> to
> > violence and murder, or under Section 4 of the Offences Against The
Person
> > Act 1861.
> >
> > 2) We also request the police to warn the Stratford Rex and Ticketmania
> they
> > may be guilty of aiding and abetting criminal offences by promoting and
> > giving a platform to Bounty Killer, especially if he performs any of his
> > violently homophobic songs on 6 December.
> >
> > 3) If the Stratford Rex and Ticketmania cannot give an assurance that
> these
> > violent, criminal tracks will not be performed, we urge the Metropolitan
> > Police to insist that Bounty Killer's concert is cancelled and that all
> > ticket sales are halted.
> >
> > We reiterate: what we object to is Bounty Killer's explicit
encouragement
> of
> > violent attacks on lesbians and gay men. Encouraging such attacks is a
> crime
> > under British law. We expect the law to be upheld.
> >
> > In a democratic society people have a right to criticise homosexuality,
> but
> > they do not have a right to encourage queer-bashing violence and murder.
> >
> > If a singer advocated similar violence against a racial minority, he
would
> > be immediately arrested and charged. We see no just reason why
incitements
> > to homophobic violence should be treated less seriously than incitements
> to
> > racial violence.
> >
> > The Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service are making a
mockery
> > of their commitment to tackle anti-gay hate crimes. It is now five
months
> > since we submitted our dossier on these violent hate singers. So far,
all
> we
> > have received is lame excuses, especially from the CPS. What degree of
> > violence do these singers have to incite before the Met and CPS will
act?
> > How many queers have to get bashed and murdered before the promoters of
> > homophobic violence are prosecuted?
> >
> > We expect action against Bounty Killer and will settle for nothing less.
> >
> > I hope you can reassure us that action will be taken. The lesbian and
gay
> > community is entitled to the full and equal protection of the law. To
> date,
> > we have not got it. How much longer must we wait for equality under the
> law?
> > Not beyond the end of this week, I hope.
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> > Peter Tatchell
> > OutRage! - campaigning for queer human rights
> >
> >
> > APPENDIX:  Bounty Killer lyrics
> >
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer with Baby Cham
> > Song: Another Level
> > Album: Wow... The Story (Baby Cham)
> > Audio CD (October 24, 2000)
> > Original Release Date: October 24, 2000
> > Label: Artists Only Records
> > ASIN: B000050HYI
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > Bun a fire pon a kuh pon mister fagoty (Uh huh)
> > Cocky deh yah suh fi wheel unda Dorothy (Uh huh)
> > Ears ah ben up and a wince under agony
> > Poop man fi drown a dat a yawd man philosophy (Uh huh)
> >
> > See more details at Amazon.com:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000050HYI/qid%3D1063315190/sr%3D11-1
> > /ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-4047661-1710415
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer
> > Song: Look Good (track 7)
> > Album: Ghetto Dictionary: Art of War
> > Audio CD (May 28, 2002)
> > Label: V.P. Records
> > ASIN: B0000633G9
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > "wipe out the faggot with a pure laser beam"
> >
> > The album can be bought from Amazon at:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000633G9/ref=m_art_li_8/002-
> > 4047661-1710415?v=glance&s=music
> >
> > It can also be bought from the HMV website
> >
> > To view Bounty Killer's lyrics in full see:
> > http://raddy73.tripod.com/lyrics/bounty.html
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer
> > Song: Eagle & Di Hawk
> > Album: Next Millennium
> > Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
> > Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
> > Label: Tvt
> > ASIN: B00000DF6P
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > Boo away some battyman nuh waan dem aroun mi
> > Waan see mi dead so dem can get fi moan mi
> > Battyman start come a stage show fi stone wi
> > Mek dem know a di eagle and the hawk dem surround wi
> > Well bwoy like a mi nuh battyman nah guh crown mi
> > Media and the press a try dem best fi drown wi
> > Cancel mi visa but dat still nuh ground mi
> > Mek dem know a di eagle and di hawk dem surround wi
> >
> > The soundclip available for download from the Amazon website is the
> > homophobic verse.
> >
> > See more details at Amazon.com:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DF6P/002-4047661-1710415
> > ?v=glance#product-details
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer
> > Song: Mr. Wanna Be
> > Album: 5th Element
> > Audio CD (October 19, 1999)
> > Original Release Date: October 19, 1999
> > Label: Tvt
> > ASIN: B00000JZ26
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > Unu wanna be me!
> > Weh tek dem insect
> > True mi tek Spring Break, si dem a impress
> > Hear this likkle punk guh sing a battyman concept
> > Seh him hood Deanie, a deh suh mi object
> > And him guh pon Mirage, and guh dis-respect
> > bout dem box man a foreign dem nuh tek nuh bet yet
> > Tell dem if dem do dat World War woulda re-flex
> > Yuh lef' Clarendon and come drop ina wasp nest
> > with Guerilla warfare yuh caught mi interest
> > War mi start dat by reservation and request
> > To kill dis yah fool, to me dat is no stress
> > Murder dem fast just like a Federal Express
> > And mi run wild west
> >
> > The soundclip available for download from the Amazon website is the
> > homophobic verse.
> >
> > See more details at Amazon.com:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JZ26/ref=m_art_li_5/002-
> > 4047661-1710415?v=glance&s=music
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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