Hate crime, equality?

I daily fight hate, I try to challenge discrimination, especially racism at every turn, yet yesterday I became victim to just that. Now it’s not for me a usual occurrence, and I am not saying it was as bad for me as for so many people who have to put up with this daily, by the public, the media and their own communities, not by a long way, however it was scary, it escalated quickly and onlookers made assumptions that I was responsible, but I promise upon my own values that I was not.
I was targeted because I was a white disabled person, whose life held no meaning to the perpetrator.
Just to be clear, this man was not I believe a Muslim, most certainly by his accent not am “immigrant” as many may like to imagine. He was not part of a gang, nor someone who I would have initially flagged up as aggressive. He was likely in late 20’s to early 30’s. He wore football kit, supporting a lesser known northern team, (I don’t follow football, so lesser known to me)

The only things that separated this from other verbal and physical attacks that have previously been made upon me, due to my upon those days being easy to label as disabled and vulnerable was a direct reference to my being white.
He then verbally attacked my dearest friend, despising her because she also was white, disabled and a strong female.
The police had to be called due to his escalating the situation and involving other people, trying to incite them to side against me. Luckily most ignored him and though some videoed him, no one physically sided with him.
Still if was more than uncomfortable.
Now this man is responsible for his own actions, but and it is a big but, the hatred this man had for me, the indifference he displayed towards me being disabled, and all disabled people, the frustration he seemed to need to vent at myself, my friend and the female police officers that attended was born out of the division and fear that not only the far right but the establishment and media are currently not just promoting but force feeding the people in the UK today.
This hatred has caused immense fear and thus fractured what should be an amazing multicultural society.
The actions of some nameless police Sergeant in South Yorkshire Police however has led me to again realise how ineffectual and highly politically led the police are. From the moment the police arrived on scene a female police officer was intent on minimising the racial abuse doled out upon us, and completely ignoring the fact that abusing someone you know to be disabled is also hate crime as defined by governments own recent legislation including the Equality Act 2010.
I understand that the current climate especially within cities is potentially volatile, but he had placed us at risk, he had used racial abuse and hatred of disabled people as his tools. He was obviously guilty of hate crime. I supplied video evidence of this.
He was arrested at the scene, not due to the offence however, but because he had been difficult and then abusive towards the attending police officers.
He was interviewed and released with no further action.
Now I can accept that, though I did not want him to be charged, I do feel maybe a caution was warranted , but given the way the police dealt with the entire situation, in effect they could themselves have incited myself if I was a right wing thug to escalate my behaviours, and to allow the perpetrator to continue to believe what he chanted throughout, that the police can’t and won’t do anything.
The police sent 5 officers in police cars and a van, to deal with this individual all wearing body armour and equipped with batons, gas and tasers.
We were stood there alone, for a while without support and with a crowd gathering, all believing it was me that was racially abusive. If you truly know me I am never going to be that person. But laws need to be for everyone, enforced equally. No exceptions. If it had been me that was abusive the situation I am sure would have been managed very differently, but only because of those looking on, not because the police wanted to let him off easily. This was a case of damage limitation, not justice or protection.
To the police my life holds no more value than his, to their true controllers, those above their administrative bases, I, him and you are but eaters, stealing their worlds resources. We are all only here to be a bench mark for their wealth.
In this case the perpetrator is also a victim, his actions and reactions showed how much he believed that i would rise to his abuse, react with aggression or similar abuse as he levelled at me. He saw me as his enemy, he believed my colour would make me hate him. Why? Because every experience he may have had, every discussion, every story, every newspaper article has informed and fed his fear of me.
I do understand the pressures police are under to protect those areas their masters live and work in, but either be clear that you are there to protect the people, or are the Establishments tool, or even just uphold the law. Do not pretend to be what you are not, fair.

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Jonesy, just a human.

It's 5yrs since I started this blog. now in 2023 I am 56, and already medically retired due to chronic ill health. This site airs my frustrations of how I see our country and world, and how I truly believe it needs to change.

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