Grenfell Tower: Group burns model on bonfire
 

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Footage of a group of people laughing as they burn a model of Grenfell Tower has been branded "sickening and disgraceful".

The video, shared widely on social media, shows a cardboard model of the tower, complete with drawings of people at the windows, being set alight.

Dany Cotton, commissioner of London Fire Brigade (LFB), said the video "cannot be justified on any level".

Scotland Yard said the Grenfell Tower investigation team is making inquiries.

Commander Stuart Cundy said: "I am frankly appalled by the callous nature of the video posted online. To mock that disaster in such a crude way is vile.

"Any offences that have been committed will be fully investigated."

Mr Cundy appealed for anyone with information to contact police.

Some 72 people were killed in the devastating blaze at the west London tower block in June 2017.

The Justice4Grenfell campaign group has called for the video to be removed from social media as it "has caused great alarm and distress".

The group said: "This is clearly a hate crime and as a society we should never tolerate these types of blatant acts of hatred.

"We have an expectation that the police will look into this robustly and that the perpetrators will face the full force of the law."

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said on Twitter: "This is sickening and disgraceful behaviour.

"I am disgusted that people would behave in such a hateful way."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46099562

Braindead idiots

honestly do people really find this kind of stuff funny? like this doesn't even count as dark humor this is just wrong

Sick ****s

What makes it a hate crime?

Erm... the fact they intentionally put models of Muslim people in the windows of the tower mock up and burnt it? Why is this a question?

I'd imagine it's kids

Those kids sure have deep voices and middle age faces!

:fist: morons

Not child migrants? :omgno:

We deserve to be nuked, tbh

Nope just seen the footage on the news, older white men with easily recognisable faces, EDL or National Front party

It’ll either be that or a bunch of tories I bet

It's just a laugh, quite creative actually.

A very telling post...

Telling what?

I care as much about that block of flats as you do at what happened in a block of flats in Hull a fortnight ago.

And that has what to do with your racist post?

Put them all down like the rabid dogs they are.

Explain what's racist or I'm gonna call you a rapist for no reason.

You just called an incident of racists burning an effigy of muslim figures "a laugh" and "creative".

Not sure what rape has to do with it. But you do you.

Grenfell tower is a follower of Mo? I never knew that.

Oh is this the bit where you spend 2 pages talking about something else?

Yeah, good luck with that.

A weird hill to die on just to prove how unfazed and amused you are by national tragedies but alright then.

Isn't every tragedy a national tragedy or just the ones that make the news headlines?

Deary ****ing me

Aah OK Iv not seen it. It may be the group from NI who dressed up in full KKK garb for Halloween?

Well I'm right, those people obviously did it to amuse themselves, and not 1 person was hurt.

Making light of such bigotry and hatred allows racism and all its forms to run riot in society. So, yes, it hurts a lot of people.

But, hey, it made Alf laugh. :thumbs:

God there are some appalling people out there

Good god quite unbelievable , what is wrong with these animals - i can't call them people. Shocking way to behave.

That's not hurt, that's anger.

Don't think you're quite understanding, but that ain't a surprise.

Don't give it the attention

This is absolutely despicable and they should be severely punished. Totally sick.

Certainty not the top story on the national news, which was followed by the murder epidemic in London. Anyone would think it pure propaganda.

Well you suggested the perps should be murdered so not sure how ironic you sound?

Oh here comes the other one.

Thought I'd quote a couple of posts from the thread dealing with a group burning and effigy of Boris Johnson on a bonfire a few days ago, just for the sake of balance.

The Grenfell thing is in extremely poor taste and not funny at all. But story No.1 on the national news?

Have no ****ing idea what point you think you’re making?

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(Idek what they've said as they're both on my ignore list but people need to stop giving them attention!)