Shame it ended this way, I was hearing it was a good vibe at the beginning. Maybe it’s just me, but does it feel like it’s becoming more and more difficult to go to any large event these days without stuff like this happening?
serious stabbings as opposed to, you know, humorous stabbings
Well, it is a diversity festival. Stabbings in UK became daily occurence so it’s only logical that they would happen there too /s
From twitter the guy is definitely dead.
Tragic for him and his family
WHAT?!?!
I would never have believed in a million years that there could ever be any trouble like that happening at the Notting Hill Carnival, of all places! I am shocked! Shocked!
…Well OK, maybe not that shocked. In fact, shocked isn’t even the right word for it. More.. nonchalant, maybe? Indifferent? I don’t know.
It happens every time at Carnival.
every year the same
Damn was there till about 3pm today, seemed great with the parade, I guess it got real rowdy later
As is tradition.
Well imagine my shock!
” Socio-economic differences”
Happens every time
Marred?
It’s tragic someone was killed and horrific that there were stabbings, but 210 arrests per million is not too bad relatively speaking. They usually do another report afterwards though, where figures will be much higher I guess.
Shabby headline though
209 arrests, over a million attendants
i cannot think of any other event in this country that gets reported this way it pisses me off.
Shock horror.
Isn’t this how Notting Hill always seems to end?
How is this news? It’s london. It’s like reporting on a cow shitting in a field in cornwall.
I went to the Carnival on both days. I took my 5 year old son on Sunday. At no point did I see any trouble. The atmosphere was overwhelming friendly to the point that I received a hug after apologising for bumping into someone. He said he didn’t mind and he was just so happy that carnival was back. My son absolutely loved it. We couldn’t go more than 5 steps without someone high 5’ing or first bumping him.
It’s very sad that a young person was killed but that unfortunate incident is no representation of the event as a whole.
Reading about other major events recently with large crowds , such as Leeds and Reading music festivals. It all starts off happy and jovial but descends into chaos as time goes on caused by alcohol, drug abuse and just general idiocy. It’s the British summer innit?.
Does this Carnival ever have no violence? I can’t remember a time when there’s been no one stabbed, shot or beaten up.
It’s meant to be a joyess occasion, not let’s go out and stab someone.
Always the same thing every year, stabbings at Notting hill carnival and overdose death at Leeds festival. That’s all I every hear of.
Wow, the dogwhistlers are out in force in this thread.
This is why the locals board up their houses and gardens and leave while the festival is on. Experience.
This happens every year. Breaking news would be a Notting hill carnival which is peaceful
*pretends to be shocked*
Ha I go to carnival almost every year I can, and it’s good but when people act like it’s some loving family fun day I always laugh. It’s cool, but after like 7pm probably better just goin home
Business as usual then.
I went on the Sunday and my friends were all saying “that’s the family day” & “Monday is way more lit”.. think I’ll just be going on the Sunday from now on
As if this doesn’t happen every single Notting Hill Carnival.
When are they going to cancel this event? Imagine having to board up your house once a year? This is essentially _The Purge_. Awful.
Damn that sucks, wonder why there aren’t more stabbings at other festivals?
As soon as the sun sets, get out of there
Sky News is Fox News UK
Maybe stop with the dancing police then?
It’s so eye-opening to see the difference between this comment section and the one on Reading festival.
This one has commenters talking about ‘feral’ people and how the festival should be cancelled – whilst the Reading Festival commenters talk about torching tents being a tradition, a yearly ritual, talking about media exaggeration
You don’t have to think too hard as to why there’s a discrepancy 🤔
Someone even gave birth there. Whole circle of life going on.
Went there yesterday. Loved it. We all know why this festival in particular gets more negative press in general.
The whole of London is marred by stabbings, and has been for hundreds of years, how is this news?
Love the biased reporting, shame there was any violence, but less than 0.1%.. make news *stories* include facts!
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Why am I not at all surprised?
Shame it ended this way, I was hearing it was a good vibe at the beginning. Maybe it’s just me, but does it feel like it’s becoming more and more difficult to go to any large event these days without stuff like this happening?
serious stabbings as opposed to, you know, humorous stabbings
Well, it is a diversity festival. Stabbings in UK became daily occurence so it’s only logical that they would happen there too /s
From twitter the guy is definitely dead.
Tragic for him and his family
WHAT?!?!
I would never have believed in a million years that there could ever be any trouble like that happening at the Notting Hill Carnival, of all places! I am shocked! Shocked!
…Well OK, maybe not that shocked. In fact, shocked isn’t even the right word for it. More.. nonchalant, maybe? Indifferent? I don’t know.
It happens every time at Carnival.
every year the same
Damn was there till about 3pm today, seemed great with the parade, I guess it got real rowdy later
As is tradition.
Well imagine my shock!
” Socio-economic differences”
Happens every time
Marred?
It’s tragic someone was killed and horrific that there were stabbings, but 210 arrests per million is not too bad relatively speaking. They usually do another report afterwards though, where figures will be much higher I guess.
Shabby headline though
209 arrests, over a million attendants
i cannot think of any other event in this country that gets reported this way it pisses me off.
Shock horror.
Isn’t this how Notting Hill always seems to end?
How is this news? It’s london. It’s like reporting on a cow shitting in a field in cornwall.
I went to the Carnival on both days. I took my 5 year old son on Sunday. At no point did I see any trouble. The atmosphere was overwhelming friendly to the point that I received a hug after apologising for bumping into someone. He said he didn’t mind and he was just so happy that carnival was back. My son absolutely loved it. We couldn’t go more than 5 steps without someone high 5’ing or first bumping him.
It’s very sad that a young person was killed but that unfortunate incident is no representation of the event as a whole.
Reading about other major events recently with large crowds , such as Leeds and Reading music festivals. It all starts off happy and jovial but descends into chaos as time goes on caused by alcohol, drug abuse and just general idiocy. It’s the British summer innit?.
Does this Carnival ever have no violence? I can’t remember a time when there’s been no one stabbed, shot or beaten up.
It’s meant to be a joyess occasion, not let’s go out and stab someone.
Always the same thing every year, stabbings at Notting hill carnival and overdose death at Leeds festival. That’s all I every hear of.
Wow, the dogwhistlers are out in force in this thread.
This is why the locals board up their houses and gardens and leave while the festival is on. Experience.
This happens every year. Breaking news would be a Notting hill carnival which is peaceful
*pretends to be shocked*
Ha I go to carnival almost every year I can, and it’s good but when people act like it’s some loving family fun day I always laugh. It’s cool, but after like 7pm probably better just goin home
Business as usual then.
I went on the Sunday and my friends were all saying “that’s the family day” & “Monday is way more lit”.. think I’ll just be going on the Sunday from now on
As if this doesn’t happen every single Notting Hill Carnival.
When are they going to cancel this event? Imagine having to board up your house once a year? This is essentially _The Purge_. Awful.
Damn that sucks, wonder why there aren’t more stabbings at other festivals?
As soon as the sun sets, get out of there
Sky News is Fox News UK
Maybe stop with the dancing police then?
It’s so eye-opening to see the difference between this comment section and the one on Reading festival.
This one has commenters talking about ‘feral’ people and how the festival should be cancelled – whilst the Reading Festival commenters talk about torching tents being a tradition, a yearly ritual, talking about media exaggeration
You don’t have to think too hard as to why there’s a discrepancy 🤔
Someone even gave birth there. Whole circle of life going on.
Went there yesterday. Loved it. We all know why this festival in particular gets more negative press in general.
The whole of London is marred by stabbings, and has been for hundreds of years, how is this news?
Love the biased reporting, shame there was any violence, but less than 0.1%.. make news *stories* include facts!
I keep seeing news about NHC, but if it weren’t for Twitter I wouldn’t have known there is something called Leeds festival, and it seems to be “worse” than NHC. https://twitter.com/marvyn_harrison/status/1564509798997049346?s=21&t=ps9vazowZVJ8NfPPDaxcyA
It’s funny listening to this guys music, generic drill that glamorises gang culture.
Live by the trap, die by the trap.