A security guard had a "bad feeling" about suicide bomber Salman Abedi but did not approach him for fear of being branded a racist, an inquiry has heard.
About five minutes later, Abedi detonated a bomb packed with 3,000 nuts and bolts at 22:31 BST on 22 May 2017. In his statement to police, Mr Lawler said: "I just had a bad feeling about him but did not have anything to justify that."image caption
The police and security being to scared to do your job the the world Khan, Butler, Lammy and the other race-baiters want for us. People in every ethnic groups are in more more danger because of these idiots.
There you go liberals, now you have blood on your hands...
This, and the other 19-year old security guard who did not do anything, really brings into question the whole thing about security guards in public places. I have often wondered what purpose they really serve, and here when something NEEDED to be done they missed it....
PC gone mad
audreybbonbon To be fair, when I fly, i see who I think are suicide bombers all the time but I grit my teeth and hope to god I make it alive. ✈️
emilyhewertson Shouldn't be scared to speak out. Sadiq khan isn't white. Yet I'd happily call him out for been a complete cockend! Thats not racist its just factual.
Made me laugh (I know it’s not a laughing matter) when the steward was asked what he noticed about the bomber when he saw him.... he said “his trainers”..... hang on, from the CCTV footage, the way he’s walking with his backpack on, it looks like he’s carrying about 100kilos! FFS
CABennett_Oxon Political correctness kills
U should bring bk old England and hang him an don't any one let this evil person play any raciest cards he killed mum's daughters sons he did not care then and he don't care now ever u should do your job and search all
Stop scapegoating this poor fella
TomStringham This is insane. People need to follow their instincts. The security guard had a hunch, but we live in such times that reactions about anything have to be labelled in some way. People's wellbeing and safety should always come first.
Little bit of racism could have saved lives
emilyhewertson You are responsible as to why he thought he would be branded Racist. You fuel that shit all the time
demi_lynne701 Well, thanks leftists.
demi_lynne701 Well done lefties.
In fairness, he wouldn’t have retrospectively raised the concerns he had at the time if he was a lazy shit! Why would he
dIvErSiTy Is OuR sTrEnGtH
We've been here before.....? Of course, social services 'not being inquisitive and investigative enough' into the sexual abuse/grooming scandal in North of England for fear of being called racist. This from the inquiry report.
emilyhewertson 2/2 Many of times when I stopped a minority figure for shoplifting or any sort of crime the race card was immediately played with some as far as recording my face and attempt to call me a racist.The young boy should have trusted his training but I do feel sorry for him. 2/2
oflynnsocial Well done the left 👏🏻 blood on your hands
Blame the liberal left, they are responsible.
He should be sacked for that. Criminals should not be exempt from scrutiny because of their skin colour.
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The left have enabled these atrocities by making it socially unacceptable to challenge non whites for fear of being labelled racist. Blood on their hands!
melodyscarlett Critic race theory & identity politics is literally endangering peoples lives.
Do we believe him ? Maybe he just couldn’t be bothered.
Chalk that one up to the far left then.
drhutter This is the politics of the likes of Dawn Butler. Don’t approach a suspect because it’s racist. 😡
It was a false flag with crisis actors.
The climate of fear created by discrimination laws
It was only a matter of time before there was great loss of life because of this exact reason. It’s got to change and that means stopping all this left wing nonsense of the woke lunacy of two tier policing and accusing people of racism for having an opinion they wish to debate.
Finally we got what we paid for...
msm,labour ,the left ,created this,you own it
Put him in jail, he basically let it happen. I bet he was nowhere near the bomb going off.
Frank_Bilfawst Cowardly excuse..
If the police MPEDOS and council did it with the RAPE GANGS with thousands of CHILDREN wot makes u think an 18 year old paid an experts wage of £10 an hour is any different?
audreybbonbon How many more people have to suffer because we are afraid of being called names.
Security need to discriminate.
Nick_Pye Same reason senior police officers and politicians have ignored the industrial scale grooming and rape of working class white girls throughout the country.
As stupid as this sounds I’d say it’s true. Therefore All security personnel now need to be of mixed race and the job should be advertised as such so that white peoples can then report the companies for racial prejudice . .This is the society everyone wants . Isn’t it.👏🏼
It's plausible as 'Racial Profiling' is the current trend to be often thrown in law enforcement faces.
Exp_Sec_Prof I wonder why
This was a young guy on minimum wage obviously out of his depth. British Transport Police had no officers in the room contrary to their orders. Member of public who reported the bomber to security said if a Police Officer had been there he would’ve gone to them.
audreybbonbon 'Man with no balls doesn't do the job he's paid to do. '
Mossfieldlady Racist or not surely you've got to be suspicious of a kid turning up to a concert with a rucksack that f*cking Big. 🙄 What the f*ck Unbelievable that.
Nick_Pye Clearly times must of changed i worked for ShowsecUK 2001 / 2002 and worked at many venues across the country and all the staff were trained to a high standard i also done a few concerts at the Manchester arena and £4.24 a hour i find very hard to belive
...and it’ll happen again.
This is the problem we have now. Security and police officers are worried that if they stop a POC and their instincts were proven wrong they could end up going viral on Twitter and publicly branded a racist. I really feel for this lad.
Or. “18 year old minimum wage (less than £5 an hour, cheap labour) novice security guard did not approach bomber for reasons of inexperience and fear of being branded a racist”
He could hardly walk under the weight of the rucksack. What could he possibly be taking to a concert that would be so heavy? That alone would be cause to check him out.
Nick_Pye Do you remember a time not so long ago when at every interview post atrocity a certain British PM was often heard quoting these words; ‘It had nothing to do with Islam,Islam is a religion of peace’, the ‘peaceful ones’ have still to prove it,diversity will be the death of us all.
That’s the society we live in today. Everyone scared to say or do anything incase they offend someone. If you’re in a ‘security’ role then you need to be confident in all scenarios. I feel so desperately sad for those who lost that night.
And that's the fault of the media spurring hate and division hope your hanging in your heads I shame and stop with the hate you spread
audreybbonbon But profiling....
The left have blood on their hands.
WAKEUP58060476 yeah thats about right
There ya go that’s the world the left have given us the police are scared to do the same
This is why the police have been weakened by a woke society this needs to stop. Fuck blm let’s get real. People are people
BBC “news” spending everyday race baiting, has unseen consequences. You are part of the problem.
Simple fact is this type of security is not there to deal with this type of threat. They stand there in high vis and at worst may get to do a bit of crowd control. If the member of the public had genuine concern. He should have called the police. As should the security guard.
Stanhope2011VJ The security guard I seen being questioned seemed to be Muslim, he definitely wasn't white anyway. Unless there was another security guard who was alerted to the terrorist
audreybbonbon So what’s the Diversity Bodycount up to now?
pcowles Those out there who bandy around the term ‘Racist’ indiscriminately need to look inward when next tempted to use the word. This is the result.
Bad feeling, he had a knife and I had a gun!!!? Ooh I'm scared, because he's a different colour!!!. What should I do? Phone security, oops I am one of them. Shame on you
Yeah lets all dump blame on an 18 year old with basic training. How many manned cameras scan front of house at the Arena?
Easy to dismiss'he wasn't doing his job' 'no excuse' but this serves to highlight the very real pickle our society is In.I'm sure fear of being branded racist has lead to unreported criminal activity,it's spiralling into a sort of unintentional aiding and abetting,its dangerous
no a bit of it, his intuition told him he was trouble so he made himself scarce,
This is where 'antiracism' gets you.
Jan_S_B_459 Years of identity politics from the left. Same with the grooming gangs. Labour have enabled vile acts to be perpetrated for their puritanical politically correct cause and have a lot to answer for.
Be careful of that unconscious bias...
I feel so sorry for Kyle - this is something he will have to live with for the rest of his life. It wasn't his fault, it was the bombers fault. However, our society has to take a long hard look at itself because this fear of being branded racist has had a devastating role to play
Obviously being politically correct is the most important thing first and foremost.
Most bitching about the security guard would be the first people to Twitter Mob him, shame him, and act self righteous calling for him to be fired for racism. You created this problem of criminalizing common sense, so own it.
MartinaSassy The Police turned a blind eye to the grooming gangs which resulted in young girls being sexually abused for years. Now we discover a security guard didn’t take action that could have saved lives for fear of being labelled racist.
PerfidiousAnglo Thanx leftists Thanx liberals 😳💔
This is what happens when the race card is thrown around too often... now innocent people have died as a result
Shaking my head in disbelief
People are petrified of being labelled racist. Often easier to look the other way and avoid putting yourself in jeopardy. Society has created this fear by constantly making unfounded accusations, ruining people’s lives and careers. What a state we are in!
Yea, let's blame the one on the lowest rung on the work ladder. This country makes me sick to see that the blame shit runs down to the lowest denominator. Management have the responsibility and they and the PC brigade are the ones to blame.
We’re literally sacrificing children for the sake of brown people’s feelings, LOL! This is going to come to a very swift end one day.
'Political correctness is just being polite to people' - mrjamesob.
This is an equiry where everyone wants to point blame to each other. Truth is though people were having a good time watching arianagrande and stewards were being normal. No one thought a terrorist would detonate an explosive on that day. No one is guilty apart from terrorist.
Imagine being 18 and waking up knowing as a security guard at the Arena you were scared of being Accused of racism and because of this you did nothing. I personally feel for this man as he will have to live with this and it is not his fault.
Thanks to the media
Sounds like an excuse for his poor judgement.
Buggered if I would risk blowing myself up for £ 4.31 an hour
We've managed to reach a point wher genuine concern or criticism of someone of colour is nearly always seen as racism.
Son Of A Gun: Oi U got too much baggage! No reply One Two
BasedMelania white baby boomers did this
It's immaterial. He went there with the express intention of setting that bomb off & killing people. Whether he was challenged or not the outcome would have been the same.
The guy is in an arena with a huge back pack he should have been stopped regardless it rings loud alarm bells
Racism fear used against us and to advantage. We have to stop the use of the racism card being played against us all the time.
“There you have it ladies and gentleman — there you have it, You see how far the termites have spread and how long and well they’ve dined.”
Fair enough, I’d feel the same way!
The BBC makes us cuck
Jesus fucking christ.
There is training on how to spot a suicide bomber.
Sadly unsurprising.
This is where ultra-PC culture in combination with cancel culture brings us...
Only ONE person to blame!!! One!!
You can thank the Liberal left for that.
Cowards make excuses.
BrexitDeal More likely scared,
Children are still being raped because of the same cowardice in the police.
I can see why as anyone raising issues re Islam get branded as racist. PC brigade have a lot to answer for. Children got killed. This poor lad had done nothing wrong and I hope he has support around him
Scared of being blown up more like!
The showsec security shouldn’t blame themselves or feel guilty about the events of that evening. Blame the Tory government and Mi5/6. They knew fine well that an attack was imminent! But did nothing! Sara properties Ozlam properties Meadowbrook investments Sanabel relief LIFG
The left are responsible and started the smear tactics that sought to silence genuine debate a long time ago. Look no further than Lammy or Butler for unsubstantiated claims of racism that have helped encourage this way of thinking. The left are as much a threat as terrorists.
The bomber would of most likely just set the bomb off there and then if he felt he was at risk of being discovered by a security guard. A lot of people think 18 Years olds are to immature and to young to be police officers let alone a security job looking for potential bombers.
That is the problem with today because thats whats chucked in people faces stright away your racist if your trying to do your job
Well done the likes of the BBC who were culpable with their narrative that created this atmosphere. Fear of being branded a racist outweighs the fear of doing the right thing and you, the BBC have blood on your hands
Oh hold on a second I F***** UP BIG TIME !!! So let me jump on the victim side and pretend I am one too... It’s the best EXCUSE he had been able to come up with... Go and watch scarecrows in a field dipshit !!!! You were there to protect people, property and places !!!!! FAILURE
Mefier vous du premier geste, c'est le bon!
Welcome to the UK 2020.
Absolute classic! Political Correctness & the stupid Liberal left is entirely to blame.
William70155940
William70155940 No surprise sadly. Same way they turned blind eye over grooming gangs.
The people commenting on here were probably first in the queue to call for police heads after the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005..
Kyle, if you see this, ignore all the haters, you did what you did and you had your reasons, ultimately you could not have stopped what happened
How convenient.
Piss wages equals piss service FACT
In on it.
Political Correctness has a lot to answer for, regular people need to claim back our language and stop fearing being shamed by far-left marxists and woke teenagers
The nanny left has a lot to answer for.
So being racist could have saved life’s. 🤔
abline11 And there’s the problem
Was there anyone to approach?
So it would seem being PC is a danger to life!! .... how ridiculous have we become.. the terrorist groups must be really laughing at us! ..
Bit like the grooming gang enquiry.....this country needs to sort its shit out!
Sounds like the guy who received the report of him acting suspiciously didn't really care. Didn't show much remorse in the inquiry either.
He spoke utter rubbish from start to finish!!! He should be arrested!!
abline11 A moment of indecision leads to a lifetime of regret!
carlldne3 Sir Keir pledges that the next Labour government will introduce a new Race Equality Act to tackle the structural inequalities that led to the disproportionate impact of this crisis..Covid..will it include fear of challenging suspicious behaviour by terrorists before they kill ?
There are no images of blast damage in the area.
Embarrassing country.
abline11 I’d say coward.
You have to appreciate his honesty no matter how difficult to hear. This is actually worrying to be honest.
And there u go!! That’s where MSM especially the BBC have got this country.
Where do we go from here?
Says it all!!!
More blood on the hands of the lefty woke PC brigade! When will they realise the error of their ways? This is what happens when you call everyone and everything racist, can we please stop with this bullshit? It’s literally killing people 😥
That’ll make the left wingers happy
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Why were the security guards employed at this event seemingly not up to the job? Bad training? Not qualified? Poorly paid? The employers need to explain.
I would like to know DawnButlerBrent 💭 on this?
Fuck sake....
Satan worship BBC
Fuckin joke...
We do we go from here?
This is the problem. Police and security personnel are too terrified to actually do their jobs properly, in case someone calls them 'racist' and the media destroys their lives.
Q: Who would call him a racist? A: The BBC
When anti-racism backfires 🤷🏼♂️
Just about sums up this country!🤬
Nonsense. Looking for a scapegoat here ..
Probably true
that headline sums up this country...i blane the media
I suspect another part of him not approaching a potential suicide bomber is that at 18 and earning £7 an hour bogus 'self employed' he probably decided it wasn't worth it and went back to checking Facebook.
AltNewsMedia What rubbish ! The questions all will now be wanting to ask did he know his intention and when the bomb was detonated where was this person ?
Minimum wage security guard, what did you all expect. He's not a commando. This is not die hard the movie. Don't put all the blame on this guy.
I can empathise with him for that...bloody hell, anything said against muslims is automatically considered racist
Not this excuse again. Asian men are far more likely to be stopped and searched, so when police and security use this excuse you know they're lying to cover up laziness/incompetence.
Buuullshit. Did he not think it weird a 21-year-old guy going alone to a concert with a huge backpack? Ridiculous excuse.
AltNewsMedia This is down to the loons who tried to brainwash us with their PC claptrap. Just like with the grooming gangs. I despair for this country.
Even without the race concerns, does anyone expect Jack Bauer for £4.24 per hour?
Thanks BBC, this is the agenda you push and can now reap. Same with all the grooming gangs. Scum media.
Being black or brown & having a backpack is not just cause. Rocking up with no kids in tow, a massive backpack & no pass for backstage IS just cause. I’m not even a security guard & I can bloody well work it out.
It’s sad but that is the world we live in current, where you can easily offered someone and be called Racist for doing your job. You see it on Facebook and YouTube videos daily.
Nobody wants to risk being called a bigot or a racist so they conform to sloppy liberal tropes and this is the result.
That's what you get if you call everybody a racist.
Really this was the reason for not doing the job he was paid to do shame on you, but in todays society he was most probably telling the truth in fear of being called a racist.
The security guard was 18 at the time, and see how he reacted to the situation. And to think the police expect to recruit 17 y/o's 🤷♀️
Perhaps your constant division of society on the ground of race and other groups means you’re also part of the cause not the cure. It is a valid claim when one looks at the nonsense police have to deal with- the Dawn Butler debacle one case in point.
Nonsense.
Any decent security guard would still stop this guy even if they thought they'd be branded a racist.
Hmmmm, well that turned out well.... 🙄. What’s more important, risk offending someone or saving lives!
Played the race card ...
Blairism
This PC crap needs to end. A spade needs to be called a spade.
This country is falling apart at the seams
Too much responsibility for £4.20 ph
Yes, we knew that from your previous story that said he didn’t look suspicious. What he meant was he was scarred of being accused of profiling. And why wouldn’t he given the way DawnButlerBrent behaves. Problem is that people die because of it.
Why share this now! When there is already so much hatred. There are other headlines today
What happened?
Bbc fault ..
Exactly why Muslim Rape Gangs have been allowed to exist for decades all over the UK as well. Remember, diversity is our strength.
This is where the INSANE WOKE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS that the BBC is ramming down our throats 24 hours a day has ended up!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Wait wait wait, when has that ever stopped anyone? The police don't seem to have a problem with looking racist, neither do supermarket security guards, airport officials, etc. Otherwise why would minorities be disproportionately searched? Sounds like an excuse to me.
Yea sure! Now they bring this Racism fear... I don’t notice any racism fear from the police when they do stopandsearch 🤷🏼♀️
There you go
Says it all 🤷🏻 and it continues. Let the invaders win
Well it’s the virtue signalling elite left who have created this dilemma for those in the force and also media
Standard
... is a sentiment surely echoed by many of the police force daily? 🤔
And this is the society were creating
This is the uk that's been created unfortunately! The media are as much to blame as anyone, look at the free pass the police give any person of colour right now, you can't disagree or approach people without being branded racist!
Thanks lefties. See, that's what happens when you invent crap designed to target people and insight division. Your efforts results in the deaths (and rape) of innocents. This is why..todays left is pure trash and nothing like the working class left from before.
What an absolutely concoction of BS.. why on earth would a middle age man with a huge rucksack be walking into a youngsters music venue and going up a stair to a non public area and lying on the floor by the rucksack ?!?
If it barks like a dog, moves like a dog, and is a dog, call it a dog! Except you're unsure like this guy. But then, that uncertainty can claim your life. Think about it.
Blame the PC obsessed authorities
If that is true, it's devastating. The lives of many young girls taken and destroyed due to systemic race fear mongering.
That’s a big responsibility to put on an 18 yr old
That is ridiculous
gosh.
Unbelievable this is typical of the world we live in today racist racist racist.
Do me a favour.!😡
Look at the size of that backpack though. Surely anyone with an ounce of common sense would've been suspicious and stopped him. Looks like he's going hiking.
Ain’t really an excuse dawg
Therefore, racism is good. QED. 🤪
That’s the best excuse he could come up with?should have never applied for the job.
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