Grandma Faces Police Interrogation over ‘Racially Offensive’ Knitted Gorilla
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British police went to the home of a 70-year-old grandmother and interrogated her because they saw a knitted gorilla in her window and deemed it a “potentially racially offensive object.”
“Two police officers, a man and a woman, knocked on the door at about 7.30pm,” Anne Feast said, according to an article in the Daily Mail. “They told me they needed to speak to me about the ‘black body’ hanging in my window. I said ‘Pardon? Do you mean the baby gorilla?’”
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Feast said she explained to the officers that she loved to knit and loved even more to display the toys she had knitted in her window for the amusement of neighborhood children.
According to Feast, officers said that — gorilla or not! — she still had to take down the toy because it had offended someone. But she refused, and a police department spokesman later said that there had not actually been a complaint at all:
“The police did not receive any calls from members of the public about this,” a spokesman for Cambridge Police said.
“Instead, while out on patrol, two PCSOs saw an object hanging from a window which they thought might be seen as a potentially racially offensive object.”
Before this admission, Feast had posted a note on her door inviting whoever had complained to speak to her directly:
“Are you the person/persons that made a complaint to police about the knitted toy? Well why don’t you knock on our door and tell us face-to-face what your concerns were about this toy? These toys usually bring a smile to most people’s faces — especially kiddies,” it read.
Cambridge Police deny that the officers ever asked Feast to remove the toy from the window.
“After establishing that the object was, in fact, a handmade knitted gorilla and nothing offensive the officers left and carried on their patrols,” the spokesman said
“Two police officers, a man and a woman, knocked on the door at about 7.30pm,” Anne Feast said, according to an article in the Daily Mail. “They told me they needed to speak to me about the ‘black body’ hanging in my window. I said ‘Pardon? Do you mean the baby gorilla?’”
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Feast said she explained to the officers that she loved to knit and loved even more to display the toys she had knitted in her window for the amusement of neighborhood children.
According to Feast, officers said that — gorilla or not! — she still had to take down the toy because it had offended someone. But she refused, and a police department spokesman later said that there had not actually been a complaint at all:
“The police did not receive any calls from members of the public about this,” a spokesman for Cambridge Police said.
“Instead, while out on patrol, two PCSOs saw an object hanging from a window which they thought might be seen as a potentially racially offensive object.”
Before this admission, Feast had posted a note on her door inviting whoever had complained to speak to her directly:
“Are you the person/persons that made a complaint to police about the knitted toy? Well why don’t you knock on our door and tell us face-to-face what your concerns were about this toy? These toys usually bring a smile to most people’s faces — especially kiddies,” it read.
Cambridge Police deny that the officers ever asked Feast to remove the toy from the window.
“After establishing that the object was, in fact, a handmade knitted gorilla and nothing offensive the officers left and carried on their patrols,” the spokesman said
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This happened in England where, in spite of the claims of freedom of speech, they are even more repressive than they are in the US. http://www.nationalreview.com/artic...-racially-offensive-knitted-gorilla-katherine
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That’s the kind of country political correctness has made of once great Britain. But it could be worse. At least the police let her keep the gorilla in her window. You can see why even Britain ranks 11 places ahead of the USA in personal freedom. Try hanging a knitted gorilla in your window here and you would have Eric Holder’s Department of Social Justice to deal with.
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I can see why someone with poor eyesight may see it as something racially insensitive, considering that it doesn't look a damn thing like a gorilla. It looks more like an octopus or a spider or something. Not sure why the police needed to be involved, but I'm not a cop...
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I thought they were higher on the list of free countries than we were...
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In China, I saw half a monkey hanging in a restaurant window.
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I suspect you feel more than a passing camaraderie, then.
p.s. Got your jackboots spit shined for the Republican Congress in January yet?
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In China, I saw half a monkey hanging in a restaurant window.
I've often seen ducks hanging in the windows of Chinese restaurants. I wonder if PETA ever complains.
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I've often seen ducks hanging in the windows of Chinese restaurants. I wonder if PETA ever complains.
I had Peking Duck in Beijing.
The chef came out and tore it apart with his bare hands.
I kept thinking, I hope they wash their hands, please, please...,
My first experience was to order the chicken in chili sauce at the Peace Hotel restaurant. Well, chili sauce is a black goo, and the chicken is literally cleavered into pieces. I went to take my first bite and the Queen hissed from across the table. "That's the HEAD!"
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I prefer my Cap'n Crunch...
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*chuckle*
Remember Godmother and the mules?
Remember Godmother and the mules?
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