FabSwingers.com forum: Notting Hill Carnival- should it be banned

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I read some horrific stats regarding the notting hill carnival.

on average in the past say 5 years play a every year there have been over 200 arrests made, drug dealing,knife seizure and sexual assaults...

so my question is should it be time this festival is banned?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I read some horrific stats regarding the notting hill carnival.

on average in the past say 5 years play a every year there have been over 200 arrests made, drug dealing,knife seizure and sexual assaults...

so my question is should it be time this festival is banned?"

Look into other festivals and see the arrest rate and the likes and ask yourself,

should all festivals be banned?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Unfortunately you will find that another festival that happens every year has this many arrests...

people living in the area board up their homes due to d*unken dosprdwe violence etc

over 2 days 300 arrests on average

really?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Over 370 arrests this year alone! Yes I say ban it!

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By *F JonesMan
over a year ago

London

"Unfortunately you will find that another festival that happens every year has this many arrests...

people living in the area board up their homes due to d*unken dosprdwe violence etc

over 2 days 300 arrests on average

really?"

300 out of 2 million... there are twats everywhere you can’t control that

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By *rBiggz_bunnyMan
over a year ago

corby/kett

alot of the arrests were drugs.

not that im saying its ok, but in some other countries there would be alot less arrests...

also the nottinghill carnival is securitized by the police and not a hired company... so the arrests look worse than what it is compared to festivals and so on.

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By *oyeurs DelightCouple
over a year ago

london

When you look at the amount of people visiting carnival the number of arrests isnt as bad as it sounds. The policing of the event is far stricter than at other music events/festivals where drug use is overlooked. At carnival it isnt. Thus the number of arrests. At festivals there have been drug deaths and sex attacks yet theres no call to ban them. People that go and enoy Carnival love it. Its usually those that have never been that call for it to be stopped

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

According to the people interviewed for the news report, you can't stop carnival.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I read some horrific stats regarding the notting hill carnival.

on average in the past say 5 years play a every year there have been over 200 arrests made, drug dealing,knife seizure and sexual assaults...

so my question is should it be time this festival is banned?"
No............. ban drug dealing, dealers, knives and violent people

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By *eal_curves_is_backWoman
over a year ago

London

There is crime on public transport. Should public transport be banned?

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

Does the festival cause you any harm?

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By *eepndarkMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

It's funny how the Notting

Hill Carnival attracts so much negative press. I am given an hour at the Reading festival I could arrest 400 people for drug offences. This reminds me of the US drugs policy from the 80's. Cocaine possession attracted a caution, crack possession attracted a 5 year prison sentence.

It's down to who politicians are seen to be tough on.

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

There were 71 arrests at Glastonbury with massively fewer people attending. Is that going to be banned?

There are problems, undoubtedly, but the carnival I’ve been to a few times is full of joy, with wonderful parades and DJs.

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By *unkey_DuckCouple
over a year ago

Kingslynn

No, we enjoy the festival. All festivals have a crime rate but other festivals stats don't really get reported on as they are protected by private security firms while Nottinghill is protected by the police. My boyfriend has been going to festival on and off since the mid 90's and says police often turn a blind eye to drugs at the festival. People always walking around smoking big joints out in the open. The knife thing is a big issue at the moment so no doubt checks have been ramped up. 200 arrests out 2 million people is it? There will always be a few bad apples in a bunch no matter where you are or what festival it is. Don't let them bad apples spoil everyone elses fun.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's funny how the Notting

Hill Carnival attracts so much negative press."

Now I wonder why that would be eh..

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By *kyblue1878Couple
over a year ago

Southport

Some ridiculous comparisons to other festivals. Notting Hill is free and because of the crowds it attracts criminality. Other festivals are ticketed and the scale of disorder doesn't compare. Sadly the liberal intervention into police stop and search has slowly eroded the ability to control the streets and deal harshly with the trouble makers that spoil it for everyone. There are many more issues but this will only end up in a political debate.

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By *itten316Woman
over a year ago

Queens Park, LONDON

Oh ffs I live there & the area during carnival is the safest it can be. They even had metal detectors in place this year. It’s one of the hardest FREE events to Police & they do a fantastic job in a very hard environment. Try policing 2 million people coming into where you live. Give the area & police a break. It’s no different to anywhere else in London.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some ridiculous comparisons to other festivals. Notting Hill is free and because of the crowds it attracts criminality. Other festivals are ticketed and the scale of disorder doesn't compare. Sadly the liberal intervention into police stop and search has slowly eroded the ability to control the streets and deal harshly with the trouble makers that spoil it for everyone. There are many more issues but this will only end up in a political debate."

What utter tosh. 'Liberal intervention' ?? Laughable. I think you'll find its the tory's cuts in policing. Swear to god ppl just haven't got the intelligence to see what is actually going on anymore...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thats nothing compared to what used to go on at T in the park

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By *kyblue1878Couple
over a year ago

Southport

Don't dispute what you say about this government and it's cuts in policing but you are misinformed and rude. The downward spiral and abilities of the police to do their job properly were hampered before this 'rubbish' government got into power.

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By *est Wales WifeCouple
over a year ago

Near Carmarthen

"Oh ffs I live there & the area during carnival is the safest it can be. They even had metal detectors in place this year. It’s one of the hardest FREE events to Police & they do a fantastic job in a very hard environment. Try policing 2 million people coming into where you live. Give the area & police a break. It’s no different to anywhere else in London. "

On the 27th August the Daily Mail (who else?) printed side by side photos (of a black man with a baoon in his mouth and a white woman with a baloon in her mouth) in it's coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival. Unfortunately FABs doesnt allow me to post photos to show you.

The caption below the black youth reads: "A man inhales a SUSPICIOUS balloon, often used to take hippie CRACK". While the caption below the white women reads: "A carnival reveller huffs on a balloon thought to be filled with nitrous oxide."

This type of racist reporting is reminiscent of what took place in the United States following hurricane Katrina in 2005 -whereby black victims in search of food were described as "looters" and white victims described as "survivors".

At the close of Carnival 2017, British newspapers deliberately peddled the lie that there were numerous acid attacks at the event. "ACID ATTACK ON CROWD AT NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL" read The Telegraph. "CARNIVAL GOERS RUN IN FEAR AFTER ACID ATTACK" read The Sun. "CROWD HIT BY ACID ATTACK" read The Independent. "ACID ATTACK SPARKS PANIC" read The Mirror. "ACID ATTACK ON CROWD AT NOTTING HILL" read The Metro.

The truth of the matter is there were NO ACID attacks at Notting Hill Carnival 2017.

Several people have challenged any British Newspaper to present the name of a victim of one of these mischievously reported acid attacks. It shouldn't be too hard to establish the truth because had such attacks taken place, then the Metropolitan Police would have crime numbers and crime reports - they would also have been obliged to investigate. The ambulance service should also have records of people treated had acid attacks taken place.

The British media must be held accountable for their racist reporting and their relentless campaign to malign and discredit the Notting Hill Carnival and its organisers. Their actions result in scaring away potential sponsors who do not wish to attach their brand to chaos and criminality - thus impacting on the financial independence of the Notting Hill Carnival and its ability to properly fund itself.

It is time that the establishment of this country valued the economic, social, and cultural contributions of the Notting Hill Carnival and embrace it as part of the British cultural landscape.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Zzzzzzzz

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The truth of the matter is there were NO ACID attacks at Notting Hill Carnival 2017.

It is time that the establishment of this country valued the economic, social, and cultural contributions of the Notting Hill Carnival and embrace it as part of the British cultural landscape."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Plenty of events, such as music festivals or football matches require significant police involvement and can generate many arrests. What else should be banned?

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

I’ve felt safer at the carnival than I did at Glastonbury before they sorted the security. It got pretty lawless there at times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’ve felt safer at the carnival than I did at Glastonbury before they sorted the security. It got pretty lawless there at times

I remember some of those and it was as scary as fuck at times, was glad to be out the way in the campervan fields!

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By *limcharlesMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

Nothing to do with racism OP???

I’ve been several times. Fantastic atmosphere, very well organised, extremely peaceful every time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been to Notting Hill carnival many times and I don't think it should be banned. It is a great festival celebrating West Indian culture and it's open to everyone. It's a great advertisement for diversity in the united

kingdom. And the police do an amazing job rooting out the majority of trouble makers before the event hence the fact that there was only one reported stabbing at this year's event. It's still one too many though. And as for the drugs. You'd be hard pressed to go to a drug free festival anywhere in the UK. The Sun reported that there had been two stabbings attributed to carnival on Sunday night. One in Harrow and the other in Bow. Now knowing London like I do I can tell you that Bow is in East London. Nowhere near Notting Hill. Harrow is close but not close enough. So they can't attribute those stabbings to Notting Hill carnival. Trouble will happen at any big festival so with that in mind should we ban all festivals and let the security firms who police 95% of festivals look for other work? It might even free up some police officers over the August bank holiday but it won't stop the trouble on our streets!

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By *ymaleMan
over a year ago

nr Bradford

"I read some horrific stats regarding the notting hill carnival.

on average in the past say 5 years play a every year there have been over 200 arrests made, drug dealing,knife seizure and sexual assaults...

so my question is should it be time this festival is banned?"

You're either an ill informed nugget, or something far worse and quite sinister. After all, as has been mentioned by others and I've personally experienced myself, plenty of other large scale gatherings/festivals have equally substantial levels of criminality present. But I'm sure there wouldn't be the same discussion about banning Glastonbury!

Fact is, whatever criminality takes place at these sort of events, it's merely a reflection of modern British society. So drop the cultural profiling, you're coming over as a complete cock knocker

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By *ove3funCouple
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Horrific stats ??

Wonder what the norm is for that area?

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

People who like the carnival will continue to enjoy it .

People who don’t enjoy it will say let’s ban it .

And that’s life .

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By *ieutenantMan
over a year ago

london

KILL JOY

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By *ark katieappleCouple
over a year ago

London Ladbroke Grove

I live in Ladbroke Grove an no what you replacing with we're 2million ppl gone go

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By *appyredMan
over a year ago

South Tyneside

Here, here! even 500 arrests with attendance numbers of 2million plus is nothing - try comparing that to footbal lmatches, and consider that the matches nly last a couple of hours whereas carnival is 2 long days! And as for local residents having to board their houses up in fear, that is nothing like the experience of any of my mates who live in that area. Most of the people I know round those sides turn the day into a money making opportunity, selling drinks out their front door or charging a small fee for bathroom use, or renting their home out to someone for a ridiculous amount and going off on holiday using the proceeds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hey why would you ban something that entertains and gives a community a focus because of a small minority of crooks, who are doing that stuff irrespective of the carnival, all to often this country bows to the minority groups I for one am sick of it, leave the good things don't get rid of good because of bad people

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By *orksCouple25Couple
over a year ago

Leeds

"Unfortunately you will find that another festival that happens every year has this many arrests...

people living in the area board up their homes due to d*unken dosprdwe violence etc

over 2 days 300 arrests on average

really?

300 out of 2 million... there are twats everywhere you can’t control that"

The Leeds West Indian Carnival (which has been going longer that the Notting Hill one) had 150k attending and had just 4 arrests .

So when adjusted for attendance the Notting Hill arrest rate is still 6x that of Leeds suggesting that does have a particular problem .

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"Unfortunately you will find that another festival that happens every year has this many arrests...

people living in the area board up their homes due to d*unken dosprdwe violence etc

over 2 days 300 arrests on average

really?

300 out of 2 million... there are twats everywhere you can’t control that

The Leeds West Indian Carnival (which has been going longer that the Notting Hill one) had 150k attending and had just 4 arrests .

So when adjusted for attendance the Notting Hill arrest rate is still 6x that of Leeds suggesting that does have a particular problem ."

Fair enough, but if you do that with Glastonbury, you have even more of a problem. Far bigger, in fact

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hey why would you ban something that entertains and gives a community a focus because of a small minority of crooks, who are doing that stuff irrespective of the carnival, all to often this country bows to the minority groups I for one am sick of it, leave the good things don't get rid of good because of bad people

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By *ungmagic10Man
over a year ago

Northampton

no, a lot of people like myself enjoy it. If you dont then stay home

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it’s important to understand why the Notting Hill Carnival was started in the first place.

It was to recognise the black community in the area and country when they were new to this ‘now diverse’ country.

Question is, do we still need it? I think yes it’s a celebration, so why not. But the black community needs to do more to tackle crime taking place at the Carnival.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"I read some horrific stats regarding the notting hill carnival.

on average in the past say 5 years play a every year there have been over 200 arrests made, drug dealing,knife seizure and sexual assaults...

so my question is should it be time this festival is banned?"

No..

using the logic of banning something because a minority of those who attend are up to no good is not logical..

that sort of thinking would also ban the car..

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"I think it’s important to understand why the Notting Hill Carnival was started in the first place.

It was to recognise the black community in the area and country when they were new to this ‘now diverse’ country.

Question is, do we still need it? I think yes it’s a celebration, so why not. But the black community needs to do more to tackle crime taking place at the Carnival. "

How and why should they..?

its not down to me nor you to tackle crimes that may be committed by white people in our street, village etc..

yes we can report suspicious activities etc but how does anyone know that did not occur at the carnival..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think it’s important to understand why the Notting Hill Carnival was started in the first place.

It was to recognise the black community in the area and country when they were new to this ‘now diverse’ country.

Question is, do we still need it? I think yes it’s a celebration, so why not. But the black community needs to do more to tackle crime taking place at the Carnival.

How and why should they..?

its not down to me nor you to tackle crimes that may be committed by white people in our street, village etc..

yes we can report suspicious activities etc but how does anyone know that did not occur at the carnival..

Neighbourhood watch.. as police numbers are down

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"I think it’s important to understand why the Notting Hill Carnival was started in the first place.

It was to recognise the black community in the area and country when they were new to this ‘now diverse’ country.

Question is, do we still need it? I think yes it’s a celebration, so why not. But the black community needs to do more to tackle crime taking place at the Carnival.

How and why should they..?

its not down to me nor you to tackle crimes that may be committed by white people in our street, village etc..

yes we can report suspicious activities etc but how does anyone know that did not occur at the carnival..

Neighbourhood watch.. as police numbers are down

so no other thought on why you think the black community should in your words tackle crime at the carnival?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think it’s important to understand why the Notting Hill Carnival was started in the first place.

It was to recognise the black community in the area and country when they were new to this ‘now diverse’ country.

Question is, do we still need it? I think yes it’s a celebration, so why not. But the black community needs to do more to tackle crime taking place at the Carnival.

How and why should they..?

its not down to me nor you to tackle crimes that may be committed by white people in our street, village etc..

yes we can report suspicious activities etc but how does anyone know that did not occur at the carnival..

Neighbourhood watch.. as police numbers are down

so no other thought on why you think the black community should in your words tackle crime at the carnival?"

Install metal detectors

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk

"I read some horrific stats regarding the notting hill carnival.

on average in the past say 5 years play a every year there have been over 200 arrests made, drug dealing,knife seizure and sexual assaults...

so my question is should it be time this festival is banned?

No..

using the logic of banning something because a minority of those who attend are up to no good is not logical..

that sort of thinking would also ban the car.."

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By *ityboy2001Man
over a year ago

All NW

What’s it like nowadays? anyone let me know, used to go when Normal Jay had the biggest crowd from his double decker bus in the North, but it got too successful, imagine 10,000 people trying to mob a bus... might take my 16 year old daughter, is it safe? don’t want any wandering hands

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What’s it like nowadays? anyone let me know, used to go when Normal Jay had the biggest crowd from his double decker bus in the North, but it got too successful, imagine 10,000 people trying to mob a bus... might take my 16 year old daughter, is it safe? don’t want any wandering hands "

One time I attended and saw 2 topless guys basically dry humping a women without her will .. so

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

One time I attended and saw 2 topless guys basically dry humping a women without her will .. so "

Pretty much your average Saturday night in Cardiff.

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By *eepndarkMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"It's funny how the Notting

Hill Carnival attracts so much negative press.

Now I wonder why that would be eh.. "

Yeah my head hurts trying to figure it out

There is a comment above stating private security firms police other festivals. This would mean no publication of stats is required. Arrests are probably a good hiding in a quiet corner

Anything that can damage the firm's reputation is hushed up and " dealt with" internally.

Depends who is having the fun and what self interests are served.

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