Major police victory in fight against racism

Gollies public enemy No1
By ANDREW PARKER

COPS raided Donald Reynolds’ shop — and seized three GOLLIES on display in his window.


Stunned Donald, 53, is being investigated over the “racially offensive” black dolls and could face prosecution.

Police rang on a Sunday saying there had been “an incident” at his premises.

Fearing a break-in, he dashed to the shop — but was told there had been a complaint about the gollies.

Donald said: “I thought it was a joke but the officer loaded them in his car.

“I’m furious. It’s political correctness gone mad. I’m not racist, just trying to make a living.”

Donald had stocked up with several hundred gollies along with other gift items to sell in his hardware shop in Bromyard, Herefordshire.

Dozens of the gollies were snapped up in weeks.

Donald said: “They went to to middle-aged people who remembered them from childhood. I’m in shock. If the police put as much time into catching criminals as they have into this nonsense, the country would be a safer place.”

West Mercia Police acted under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. It outlaws displaying “offensive material likely to lead to alarm, harassment or distress”.

A spokesman said: “It is not a crime to sell these dolls but a member of the public found them racially offensive. We take these matters very seriously.

“Inquiries are ongoing. We cannot say yet if Mr Reynolds will face charges.”

Worcester Racial Equality Council said gollies “may worsen race relations”.

SUN journalist Anthony France, a black Briton, called the police action “lunacy”.
He said: “I spoke to several black and Asian friends about this. None had a problem.

“We do have a problem with rap records which use the N-word in lyrics. But I can’t see the police raiding HMV.”

Yep, tax payers money well spent on that police force.

The problem used to be that they were referred to as golliwogs; wog being a name that gives great offence to our middle-eastern friends. I've never found out why. A very serious word went around the Army in about '65 stamping very hard on the word 'wog'. Within about two days, all soldiers had changed to 'golli' Similar ability with words in Hong Kong when Sir Murray MacLehose was Governor. In a very short time he became 'Jock the Sock'

On the stupied p.c. front, I heard from an old colleague the other day. He had used an old buzz-word from the '90s - 'brain storming' He was immediately jumped by tyhe bright eyed young things who claimed it was a very offensive term to people with cerebral palsy. Of whom there were none at his meeting.