I wholly disagree with your very narrow view of this mans "struggles." The only racially charged thing about this report is the way that the assailant behaved. It was him who decided to steal a car, climb a roof, throw bricks then break for KFC and cigarettes. There was not a single element of black stereotyping that this hooligan wasn't determined to embarrass all black people with.

I hope they lock him up and throw away the key. my people deserve better. But damn that's some funny shit!

OK, I don't presume to be color-blind or racism-free, but I just got the whole KFC thing. Maybe it's because I like KFC also. But so what if they did give it to him? At least it was a "bargain bucket" ;-)

Sometimes, with animals and crazy people, you need a lure to get them to come to you.

And, above everything else, this guy seems crazy.

I'm kind of having a slow morning...but what is a 'yob'?

joseline - I think you and Charles are in agreement, as evidenced by the title of his post.

"Yob" is British for "knucklehead" or "hooligan."

Stop reading the Sun, Charles. Really. Just stop. The whole thing is calculated to offend you.

Think he came down because he had to take a shit?

Calling it "racially charged" just shows how much intimidation is put on the media in order to avoid being called racist. Often when something happens involving someone of African desent that tends to fit the negative sterotype of Africans the knee jerk reaction of many is to scream racism. He was a violent black man and he asked for KFC... oh but the media is racist for reporting it.

Re: "Think he came down because he had to take a shit?"

After eating KFC I imagine he had to take five or six shits.

Wow, KFC shits after being on a tile roof all day in June? After pitching bricks? And they gave him a pack of smokes? So, in Blair's Britian they don't call in SWAT teams? Funny how "Human Rights" can differ from county to county, huh?

The Sun, racially charged? Ya think?

"Failing several times to write something insightful about this racially charged (or embarrassing) report". Let's say this was a Jewish man instead of African. Let's say he was demanding a(kosher)pastrami on Rye instead of KFC. Would Charles see anti-semitism in the article? Of course not. The real issue is Mr Mudade's worldview of needing to see racist Europeans abusing hapless Africans at every opportunity.

this isnt M.O.V.E. in the mid 80's...

that was way more fucked up than this, mr. mudede...

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Funny, I was under the impression that the racist fried chicken stereotype was an American thing. I think they are more into curry stereotypes over there.

I was struck by how restrained the authorities were here. I think very few US police forces would have waited 19 hours for a guy hurling bricks to come down when he needed to poop, particularly after the property destruction began witht he dismantling of the chimney. I suspect that there may be some known mental health problems here, explaining both the deja vu action of the protagonist and the friendly food offerings by the cops. But I'm likely getting a poor cultural read on both the events and the article.