Jailed for revving car in a racist manner..

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UK: Jail Time for Revving Engine in a Racist Manner
A motorist in Scotland, UK is fined $238 and sent to jail for two days for the crime of revving his Lotus Esprit in a racist manner.

Lotus EspritScottish motorist Ronnie Hutton, 49, was jailed for two days for the crime of "revving his car in a racist manner" last September. After waiting more than a year to try the case, the Stirling Sheriff court finally convicted Hutton last week of breach of the peace and fined him £150 (US $282).

An off duty officer, Chief Inspector Eoin Jenkins, said Hutton had revved the engine of his Lotus Esprit near two Muslims last year. After Hutton dismissed Jenkins' concern with an expletive, Jenkins immediately dispatched two police officers to Hutton's home where he was taken and thrown in jail for two days without formal charges. Hutton explained that his revving had nothing to do with nearby pedestrians, rather, he was keeping his temperamental and expensive V8 engine from stalling and being damaged.

"To be convicted for revving my car in a busy street is hard to take," Hutton told the Sunday Mail newspaper. "Does this mean anyone driving a noisy car in Scotland is now a criminal?"

Asked in court why the man may have revved his engine, Hana Saad, 23, said through an interpreter, "Maybe because we are Muslim."
 
I'm not sure I even believe it. Sounds ridiculous in the extreme, indeed it sounds borderline illegal. You can't rev a car in a racist manner, you just can't, even intent is impossible to prove in this case, from what I have read here, utter rubish. If this is true, then Mr. Jenkins and the Judge involved both need to be fired and given a little re-education if you ask me.
 
Doesn't suprise me in the least, but I wonder if the situation was reversed
& it was a couple of muslims in the car would the case have even gotten investigated?
I think not.

It happens all the time near where I live, at night the asians driving around speeding round the back streets,
reving engines, playing loud music, smoking drugs but the police arn't interested.
If it was white lads doing the same they would be round like a shot.

I was threatened a few weeks back when I confronted a gang of youths hanging around near my house at about 12.30am.
They were parked with there cars playing music, smoking weed & drinking.
I was told if I didn't **** off I'd regret it.
I telephoned the police & I was told to ignore them & there was nothing the police could do.
I guess if I'd moved them on forcefully I would have had 4 or 5 police cars around my address in seconds
& been arrested for bieng a racist.
 
This story is old, and it misses out the real reason why he was jailed which had nothing to do with revving the engine if I recall. I remember there was a huge thread here with the usual suspects in it at the time who all disappeared once the truth regarding the story came out. :)

Thankfully that thread was in GD where it belonged though so have a search there if you are getting your panties in a twist about it.
 
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