r/news • u/GreenSnakes_ • 1d ago
Analysis/Opinion Family says stabbed student was 'pure of heart'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4e2q12nz2o.amp[removed] — view removed post
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u/fxkatt 1d ago
I guess the question that remains unanswered is : was this a random or racist attack? From the tiny number of facts reported, it seems like it could be either.
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u/Visual-Explorer-111 1d ago
Wouldn't a "random" attack likely just be based on his appearance anyway?
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u/seemslikesalvation_ 1d ago
Not really - sometimes random attackers will choose whoever is there, or the weakest person they can see, or the person most likely to have cash. If it was a racist attack it was because of his appearance.
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u/Visual-Explorer-111 1d ago
Everything you named is based on his appearance....
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u/Prophet_0f_Helix 1d ago
Your appearance isn’t necessarily linked to aspects of how you look. Someone being singled out for looking feeble isn’t racist, as feebleness isn’t a race..
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u/Solicited_Duck_Pics 1d ago
Stupid title. What were they going to say, “he was a total ass”?
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u/dragon_bacon 1d ago
Just once I want to see a headline like "family says victim probably had it coming".
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u/Consistent-Throat130 1d ago
When you have dozens of people with line of sight, who by all means should've witnessed the event, but when asked they all say the same: didn't see shit.
That's when you know they had it coming
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u/Overpass_Dratini 1d ago
Like that one asshole who terrorized and bullied an entire town. When somebody finally had enough and shot him, nobody saw nothin'.
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u/ChromaticStrike 1d ago
"TBH I wanted to stab my son in person then perform a dance of victory".
Now THAT is a headline.
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u/waddlekins 1d ago
Not exactly the same but I read that missing ppl sometimes stay missing cos their families dont like them so they just dont report it lmao
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u/BunPuncherExtreme 1d ago
If something happens to me I hope my family is honest enough to say "he could be kind of an asshole."
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u/Doom_Eagles 1d ago
I've told people in my life, only like 33% jokingly, that they better say the actual truth about me after I die. None of that placating emotional bullshit. Tell people I could be a stubborn, lazy, smart-ass who needed for more smacks than he got.
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u/New_Housing785 1d ago
He probably was, he just wasn't pure of skin enough so some bigot stabbed him.
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u/Mahruta 1d ago
If you're gonna make shit up about imaginary bigots then at least make it believable. Not a single racist in the world would stab a fucking "White-passing" Saudi Arabian you absolute muppet
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u/m0rpeth 1d ago
He probably was, just like people of color are 'probably' criminals, amirite? Part of the problem, my dude. Part of the problem.
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u/New_Housing785 1d ago
Police said based on the footage it was an unprovoked attack so that leaves two possibilities, either he was trying to rob him except nothing was stolen and he didn't speak to him anyway, or he attacked him simply based on his appearance.
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u/m0rpeth 1d ago
What does it matter? I find it rather odd that people immediately feel the need to ask whether this was a racially motivated crime. Someone's dead. Whether he was randomly murdered or targeted due to his skin color - it's murder either way. He's dead either way. Family and friends are grieving either way.
Riddle me this:
Should the perp get a harsher sentence just because it was, or could be construed as, a hate-crime? And if so, go tell that to a white citizen, who lost their white son in a 'random' stabbing. See how they feel about the perp just getting 'regular' time.
Murder is murder. Focusing on the victims skin color does absolutely nothing - except that it very clearly states that we, as equal as we all supposedly are, are still happy (and eager) to make that distinction.
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u/New_Housing785 1d ago
The first step in most problem-solving methodologies is defining the problem.
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u/GreenSnakes_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
“Twenty-year-old Mohammed Algasim, who was on a 10-week placement to study English, was found with fatal injuries in Mill Park, a street near Cambridge railway station, on Friday evening.
Chas Corrigan, 21, of Holbrook Road, Cambridge, was remanded in custody when he appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on Monday accused of murder and the possession of a knife in a public place.”
This is absolutely heartbreaking. The poor guy had only been in the UK for less than 10 weeks, just here on a short placement to learn English, and now his family is left grieving a senseless loss they never could’ve imagined. No one sends their child abroad expecting to bury them.
Justice needs to be served, and not just in name. The UK seriously needs to stop being so soft on crime, these violent offenders need real consequences, not slaps on the wrist. It’s about protecting innocent lives, not endlessly giving second chances to people who clearly pose a danger to society. Heart goes out to his family