Seems like they feel quite similar to me about being there tbh
>Busy days at work are a nightmare, more at 10.
The carnival needs to die.
The police are hell for me!! Nice that they have a hell too. 👌
Police would love all big gatherings to end
I used to work with someone who was fired because he said “Notting Hill carnival this weekend. Get ready for some stabbings”.
A BAME person complained. Rather than go through the hassle of dealing with it correctly, ie ignoring him, they got rid of him. And paid the person who complained £10k. She asked for £30k.
They can always quit
Non-London based coppers dislike policing Londoners, they have a PR campaign to try to connect their discontent to the sentiment of Non-Londoners countrywide and lobby to be allowed to not have to do their job policing Londoners. Very 2020s.
“Warzone”
“Lambs to the slaughter”
“Hell”
“Self-torture”
“I would rather crawl naked through broken glass”
Now, I don’t want to say these officers are *exaggerating* as I can imagine it is one of the more stressful parts of their calendar year for sure.. but with those comments above in mind, here are the list of assaults from 7000 officers from ‘23:
Event – Notting Hill Carnival
27/08/2023 Not for disclosure
27/08/2023 Bite
27/08/2023 Minor
27/08/2023 Spat at
27/08/2023 Minor pain to leg
27/08/2023 Bitten
27/08/2023 Pinched
27/08/2023 Sore nose
27/08/2023 Cut Hand
27/08/2023 Bruising
27/08/2023 Bitten, minor
27/08/2023 split lip
28/08/2023 Fractured thumb
28/08/2023 Not for disclosure
27/08/2023 Punch, minor
27/08/2023 Cut finger
28/08/2023 Punctured skin by biting
28/08/2023 Bruising to Face
28/08/2023 Bruise to leg
28/08/2023 Not for disclosure
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Small cut
28/08/2023 Grazed hand
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Not for disclosure
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 black eye
28/08/2023 Common Assault
28/08/2023 Common Assault
28/08/2023 Not broken – Soft tissue damage
28/08/2023 Spat in eye
28/08/2023 Bitten
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
Obviously none of these are very nice, but I think I’d take any one of those injuries over crawling naked through broken glass, or policing a warzone
Isn’t the issue there is basically no effective way to police this event. The very area makes it hard to police.
Year after year, people die at the festival, many people get stabbed and dozens of police injured/assaulted. The police need more power and ppl need to stfu moaning when officers step in/up and deal with the incidents that occur.
It’s not fair on the police officers who risk their lives daily. The event needs to be moved to an area than can be better and more safely policed.
Went Carnival this year, on the whole felt very safe. The safety of it overall does need improving somewhat but at the end of the day it’s a huge cultural party and a key part of the identity of a lot of London’s BAME community. Also, most local residents in Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill love it. Me and my partner included.
Been a few times, have lots of fond memories. I see the importance of it and understand that it isn’t being put on for my benefit. I can’t speak for anyone else or guess anyone’s intentions but it feels like a lot of people descend on it just because it’s a free rave rather than to celebrate a culture.
I honestly think the best way to protect Carnival is to put on similar free music events (in more fitting locations) the same weekend. Give the hedonists some more options, give the corpos some more sponsorship opportunities, and leave Carnival for people who actually want to celebrate the culture rather than just getting messed up in the street.
Hell? Try living there… it’s Dante’s seven circles and more.
Used to work in a pub nearby, the one year I worked Carnival we had two glassings, a SA and a chair thrown through a window….. I now book off Carnival every year and get the f*** out of town.
Why is actually police responsible to secure that event and not private security company?
Ngl, it’s gotta be hell for people that actually attend this dogshit, surely no one there actually enjoys this shit… I’ve only watched the videos of this place, but I can’t imagine a place I’d rather be any less for 6 hours than the Notting hill carnival, I’ve watched Guantanamo and El Salvador documentaries and honestly think I’d prefer to be locked up there for 6 hours than attend this absolute shitfest.
The Police have always hated it ever since it first started. Every year they moan on about it.
They should move it to somewhere manageable. Like Trinidad. /s
I have a love hate relationship with the Carnival. Love the food and shaking arses, lots and lots of shaking arses….what was the question?
Something needs to change, not sure what. No other event would go ahead knowing there will be deaths every time.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was all the black people there, hell for the Met is a sea of non-white people.
Reduce it down to one day on the Sunday and extend it down to Hyde Park, with entry ticketed to pay for the park facilities. NHC is too big to continue on the streets due to huge volumes of people attending.
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Seems like they feel quite similar to me about being there tbh
>Busy days at work are a nightmare, more at 10.
The carnival needs to die.
The police are hell for me!! Nice that they have a hell too. 👌
Police would love all big gatherings to end
I used to work with someone who was fired because he said “Notting Hill carnival this weekend. Get ready for some stabbings”.
A BAME person complained. Rather than go through the hassle of dealing with it correctly, ie ignoring him, they got rid of him. And paid the person who complained £10k. She asked for £30k.
They can always quit
Non-London based coppers dislike policing Londoners, they have a PR campaign to try to connect their discontent to the sentiment of Non-Londoners countrywide and lobby to be allowed to not have to do their job policing Londoners. Very 2020s.
“Warzone”
“Lambs to the slaughter”
“Hell”
“Self-torture”
“I would rather crawl naked through broken glass”
Now, I don’t want to say these officers are *exaggerating* as I can imagine it is one of the more stressful parts of their calendar year for sure.. but with those comments above in mind, here are the list of assaults from 7000 officers from ‘23:
Event – Notting Hill Carnival
27/08/2023 Not for disclosure
27/08/2023 Bite
27/08/2023 Minor
27/08/2023 Spat at
27/08/2023 Minor pain to leg
27/08/2023 Bitten
27/08/2023 Pinched
27/08/2023 Sore nose
27/08/2023 Cut Hand
27/08/2023 Bruising
27/08/2023 Bitten, minor
27/08/2023 split lip
28/08/2023 Fractured thumb
28/08/2023 Not for disclosure
27/08/2023 Punch, minor
27/08/2023 Cut finger
28/08/2023 Punctured skin by biting
28/08/2023 Bruising to Face
28/08/2023 Bruise to leg
28/08/2023 Not for disclosure
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Small cut
28/08/2023 Grazed hand
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Not for disclosure
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 black eye
28/08/2023 Common Assault
28/08/2023 Common Assault
28/08/2023 Not broken – Soft tissue damage
28/08/2023 Spat in eye
28/08/2023 Bitten
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
28/08/2023 Minor
Obviously none of these are very nice, but I think I’d take any one of those injuries over crawling naked through broken glass, or policing a warzone
Isn’t the issue there is basically no effective way to police this event. The very area makes it hard to police.
Year after year, people die at the festival, many people get stabbed and dozens of police injured/assaulted. The police need more power and ppl need to stfu moaning when officers step in/up and deal with the incidents that occur.
It’s not fair on the police officers who risk their lives daily. The event needs to be moved to an area than can be better and more safely policed.
Went Carnival this year, on the whole felt very safe. The safety of it overall does need improving somewhat but at the end of the day it’s a huge cultural party and a key part of the identity of a lot of London’s BAME community. Also, most local residents in Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill love it. Me and my partner included.
Been a few times, have lots of fond memories. I see the importance of it and understand that it isn’t being put on for my benefit. I can’t speak for anyone else or guess anyone’s intentions but it feels like a lot of people descend on it just because it’s a free rave rather than to celebrate a culture.
I honestly think the best way to protect Carnival is to put on similar free music events (in more fitting locations) the same weekend. Give the hedonists some more options, give the corpos some more sponsorship opportunities, and leave Carnival for people who actually want to celebrate the culture rather than just getting messed up in the street.
Hell? Try living there… it’s Dante’s seven circles and more.
Used to work in a pub nearby, the one year I worked Carnival we had two glassings, a SA and a chair thrown through a window….. I now book off Carnival every year and get the f*** out of town.
Why is actually police responsible to secure that event and not private security company?
Ngl, it’s gotta be hell for people that actually attend this dogshit, surely no one there actually enjoys this shit… I’ve only watched the videos of this place, but I can’t imagine a place I’d rather be any less for 6 hours than the Notting hill carnival, I’ve watched Guantanamo and El Salvador documentaries and honestly think I’d prefer to be locked up there for 6 hours than attend this absolute shitfest.
The Police have always hated it ever since it first started. Every year they moan on about it.
They should move it to somewhere manageable. Like Trinidad. /s
I have a love hate relationship with the Carnival. Love the food and shaking arses, lots and lots of shaking arses….what was the question?
Something needs to change, not sure what. No other event would go ahead knowing there will be deaths every time.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was all the black people there, hell for the Met is a sea of non-white people.
Reduce it down to one day on the Sunday and extend it down to Hyde Park, with entry ticketed to pay for the park facilities. NHC is too big to continue on the streets due to huge volumes of people attending.
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