Polish Man Beaten To Death In potential Hate Crime By Gang Of 20 In Essex

Family man, 40, 'beaten to death by a gang of teens for being POLISH' as police arrest six for the 'hate crime'

A murder inquiry has been launched after a Polish man died following a suspected hate crime beating. The victim was today named by his brother as Arkadiusz Jozwik, 40, known fondly as Arek.

Arek, who moved to the UK in 2012, was allegedly targeted alongside his friend, who is also Polish, by a gang of up to 20 teenage thugs outside a takeaway in Harlow, Essex.

The gang, made up of boys and girls, are understood to have hurled abuse at the two men before launching the 'brutal attack, leaving them unconscious.

Police reportedly told Mr Jozwik's family that he had been attacked 'for speaking the Polish language'.

Essex Police confirmed the 40-year-old man from Harlow who suffered serious head injuries in the incident has died at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

His friend, identified only as a 43-year-old man from Harlow, was taken to hospital with fractures to his hands and bruising to his stomach.

inb4 right-wings blame Islam and immigrants for this

inb4 right-wings blame Islam and immigrants for this

inb4 right-wings blame Islam and immigrants for this

Teenage gangs generally tend to be full of idiots. They'd gang up on someone English if they had a haircut or clothing items they didn't like the look of.

The police have clearly stated that this was a 'hate crime' and that the man was attacked because he was heard speaking Polish.

.... I read that part. As I said, gangs of uneducated "youths" will attack people for being different to them. That includes a different accent, different style of clothing, whatever.

No, they'll blame the EU for this.

Race relations in the west seem to be getting a lot worse, so this does not surprise me one bit. If you're Eastern European or Muslim (or look Pakistani/Arab), expect a lot of bs from racist, ignorant fools.

Teenage gangs generally tend to be full of idiots. They'd gang up on someone English if they had a haircut or clothing items they didn't like the look of.

I'm not convinced, regardless, that wasn't what happened here, so is pure conjecture, and to me seems to be an attempt to divert from the hate-based nature of this attack.

Things like this are the inevitably consequence of fuelling the fire of hatred/xenophobia and of divisive tactics from those on the right that insist certain minority groups in the U.K. are "incompatible" with our way of life and hate us.

Ok and? I mean what do you want us to do??...
Go leave the house
write on a picket sign
and march or something.

That's not a completely insane suggestion. The influx of unskilled work from the former warsaw pact countries has made finding work for the working class much harder, and hence the anger and tension build. There is no doubt a cultural element too. Without the freedom of movement laws from the EU, this may have been avoided.

That's not a completely insane suggestion. The influx of unskilled work from the former warsaw pact countries has made finding work for the working class much harder, and hence the anger and tension build. There is no doubt a cultural element too. Without the freedom of movement laws from the EU, this may have been avoided.

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Yes I know, that's why I said it. My point was, right wingers love to excuse racism. People like to blame their failure on others, and immigrants are one of the easiest targets, so that argument doesn't excuse any racist hate crime. I'd definitely say culture is a big element; the elderly overwhelmingly voted to leave, so it's clear people like familiarity and feel threatened.

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