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Title: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: redsn0w on March 06, 2015, 05:11:11 PM "The families of three London schoolgirls feared to have gone to Syria last month have said police failed to pass on to them crucial information that they believe could have saved the teenagers from falling into the clutches of Islamic State.
... The families’ specific complaint centres on letters the police wrote in February following the first disappearance. The letters to parents said their children had been friends with the pupil of Bethnal Green Academy, and asked for permission to take a formal statement. But instead of delivering the letters to the parents, police handed them to the girls themselves, who hid them. The families found the letters in textbooks in the girls’ bedrooms only after the girls left two weeks later. Police confirmed that the letters had been handed to the girls." http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/06/syria-bound-girls-hid-police-letter-families What do you think guys ? Who is right? The families or the police? Title: Re: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: BRE on March 06, 2015, 05:34:49 PM Families, School, Colleges, University is the most important things to prevent/ reduce youth radicalization.
Police should send that letters to their parents not send directly to the girls. Bad Decision from the police, so yes the families was right to send their formal complaint about that. Title: Re: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: Snail2 on March 06, 2015, 09:18:53 PM "The families of three London schoolgirls feared to have gone to Syria last month have said police failed to pass on to them crucial information that they believe could have saved the teenagers from falling into the clutches of Islamic State. ... The families’ specific complaint centres on letters the police wrote in February following the first disappearance. The letters to parents said their children had been friends with the pupil of Bethnal Green Academy, and asked for permission to take a formal statement. But instead of delivering the letters to the parents, police handed them to the girls themselves, who hid them. The families found the letters in textbooks in the girls’ bedrooms only after the girls left two weeks later. Police confirmed that the letters had been handed to the girls." http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/06/syria-bound-girls-hid-police-letter-families What do you think guys ? Who is right? The families or the police? IMO they are just trying to dodge responsibility. Raising a children is primarily a duty of the parents and the family. Schools are only the second line and the police shold be involved only if all the above screwed up things. Title: Re: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: Possum577 on March 06, 2015, 11:18:33 PM I think the kids are to blame on this one.
Title: Re: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: pattu1 on March 07, 2015, 04:18:45 AM While it was a lapse on the part of the police, I don't think the parents should make an issue out of it.
The primary blame should be on the upbringing of these girls - i.e., the parents. Title: Re: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: saddampbuh on March 07, 2015, 05:07:37 AM male goes to syria = terrorist, female goes to syria = victim
Title: Re: Families accuse police of failing Syria-bound girls Post by: (oYo) on March 07, 2015, 05:37:05 AM Quote The disappearance of the 15-year-old in December prompted Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command to investigate. Pupils were spoken to and seven students were identified as potential friends of the missing girl. Among them were Kadiza, Amira and Shamima although, at that stage, police had found no reason to suspect they were in danger of being radicalised. Police accept that they wrote letters to the parents saying their children had been friends with the pupil who had gone abroad and asking for permission to take a formal statement. But instead of delivering the letters directly to the parents, police handed them on 5 February to the girls themselves, who hid them in their school textbooks in their bedrooms. The families only found the letters after the girls left on 17 February. Everything about this story sounds fishy. It makes no sense whatsoever that the police wrote these letters for the parents, yet gave them to these underage girls instead, who (to anyone with half a brain) would very predictably fail to pass them along. Just the simple fact that the police chose to use letters instead of contacting the parents directly (which I'm fairly certain goes against regular protocol), never mind having them delivered in this fashion, is suspect. <Edit> It's my guess the authorities were hoping for something like this to happen, so they could further their agenda, yet they didn't want it to seem like they did nothing to prevent it in the meanwhile. |