A former mayor, Bárbara Rebassa of PSOE, had raised concern about the reporting of a police incident on social media which specified that a person detained was black. Rebassa noted that a Caucasian would not have been identified, and another councillor, Toni Cifre of Més, observed that until now the race of offenders had not been defined in these reports.
Sendin wanted to know what problem there was in stating that a black man or a "Moor" had been arrested. "Why do we have to cover up those who are raping?" Apart from Rebassa responding by saying "excuse me", councillors remained silent while Sendin continued by observing: "You talk so much about gender violence, but if you saw what countries they were from, I don't know what you would think later. I am not racist, I have many 'Moorish' and black friends, but I invite you to come one weekend so you can see which groups are the ones who commit crimes."
The mayor, Fina Linares (Partido Popular), finally interrupted him: "There are ways and means of saying things."
Another former mayor, Domingo Bonnín of El Pi, said that Sendin's remarks were "totally out of place". The few council sessions there have been since the new administration took office "have been enough to see what they (Vox) are like".
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There’s that serial negativer again. Always down thumbing but no cajones to say anything.
The wailing about whether it’s racist or not masks the real story about the horrible crimes being committed and what are the authorities doing to stop them. If it all gets wrapped up in political correctness about ethnicity of the perpetrators then we’ll have the same situation that occurred in the UK Midlands a few years back, when gangs of Pakistani men groomed, raped and prostituted hundreds of vulnerable girls and went unchallenged by charities, local authorities and the police because it was thought to be racist to call them out. Even the media twisted it to infer it was often the victim’s fault. Thankfully it was eventually brought to light and they are now serving time, but what if it wasn’t. How many more victims does there need to be? Vox are racist, no doubt, but don’t discount the facts and what is happening just because you must be seen to be politically correct.
Well, I guess we all now know finbar is a racist.
Finbar SaundersWhat relevance has the colour of someone's skin to a crime? Would they state that a 'white person raped someone'. No they wouldn't, the only time people think it's relevant is when they have some sort of racist agenda which is definitely the case with Vox.
Apologises for speaking the truth. The Woke win again.