I think I first heard the stories about two years ago.
Your timeline is consistent with the Jay Report which was reported nationally in 2022, 3 years ago, so the UK public was likely aware of scale and failings at that time. It followed an earlier Jay Report in 2014 which investigated systemic failings in the notorious Rotherham gang case:
Jay Report 2022
A seven-year inquiry into the sexual abuse of children was published in 2022 - what has happened since?
www.bbc.co.uk
Rotherham Gang 2014
The key points of an independent report into the handling of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.
www.bbc.co.uk
Apologies for pressing on this but you made a statement which said you knew something the population of a whole country didn't and I'm just trying to ascertain if that's correct, and it's seeming It might not be?
The facts are not yet in.
So... You know something but in the same breath state there is not yet sufficient factual base to know...? Apologies for my confusion but how can both things be at once and at the same time true?
You either have suspicions you are waiting for facts on, or you have knowledge you have facts for. Your statement was all the gangs are pakistani, and some of them are that's undeniable, but 85% of suspects in 2024 were white which doesn't match that narrative unless you are saying they were white pakistani, but the facts of Pakistani ethnicity don't support that angle?
The thing that is outrageous to me is that the police were instructed from politicians high up not to prosecute these cases
Again, you're going to have to cite that source for me
The secondary crime of refusing to prosecute based upon threat of being deemed racist is a serious concern.
I'm not really following you here, can you cite the law which addresses "refusing to prosecute based upon threat of being deemed racist"?
It was noted in the reporting of the Rotherham gang (There was a Jay Report 2014 on that which stated 1,400 children had been targeted over a 16 year period) that concerns of racial prejudice and conflicting interpretation of guidelines were a contributing factor to the systemic failure to protect people in that town however that was even earlier that 2022...?
My presumption is the others were all prosecuted.
Are the facts not yet in?
Apologies I can't really respond to all your points but there there is a lot of speculation there which doesn't seem related to my original question, but yes I agree there is a lot of non-investigation everywhere and as I've already said in this case it is heinous victims were disregarded based on their prior reputation with enforcement combined with other concerns including those of racial cohesion/predudice.
BTW, I am by no means anti-immigrant. My closest friend is a legal immigrant from Nigeria, and I have dozens of Nigerian friends. I have dated many immigrants over the decades and I agree that they are the life blood of our nation, for legal immigrants seldom take their home for granted. I am however also all in favor of equal justice under the law, and giving that sense of justice to the victims, without which they find it very difficult to heal and move on.
Delighted to hear that, I can only imagine the fun conversations you have with your friends on the subject given the way the world is turning lately... and therein lies a crux:
You most likely are not aware but where I live a deputy chairman of a major political party, the incumbent at the time, stated in an interview they would have to wage their next election campaign on a "mix of culture wars and trans debate" as they had nothing left. They said the quiet part out loud. While you may not be anti-anything, utilising the talking points of people who are anti, oftentimes not because they are legitimately anti but who are trying to gain or retain some kind of control, talking you into believing the "othering" and repeating baseless claims that all grooming gangs are solely from one place or another... It's not serving you, your interests or your own personal intellect, is it? But it does serve someone. Ask yourself do they have you or your friends best interests at heart?
And that's why I ask questions. Did you actually know about this before the British public? We knew about It in 2014, so no you didn't - but someone made you believe you did. Are all grooming gangs Pakistani? Demonstrably false from the NPCC figures on ethnicity but someone made you believe they are. Is legal immigration actually causing problems for Anglophone countries (the point of many of these 'othering' statements)? Probably not, they pay their taxes and contribute as much as the rest of us do if not more as they are not immediately entitled to some things nationals are, but someone/something is trying to make those places believe it is. So question it: How, why, what for, who, when etc.
Totally agree with you about equal justice - I would add an important factor is justice, in its equality, must be seen to be done.