Black Eagle swoops on criminals again - they are all black

[webfact]

Black Eagle swoops on criminals again - they are all black

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Tourist Police's "Black Eagle" task force carried out its tenth raid on criminals posing a "risk to national security and tourism" on Tuesday.

 

All those arrested in 33 locations and who had their records taken were black Africans.

 

Thai Rath made no secret of the fact that the targets were illegal black immigrants saying the "Africans had sneaked into Thailand" in their headline.

 

Newly appointed deputy chief of the Tourist Police Bureau Surachet Hakpan was photographed with those arrested in swoops in Bangkok including Si Phraya, Rankhamhaeng, Sai Mai and Lat Prao.

 

Thai Rath said that the swoop was designed to target lawbreakers who were a risk to national security, national image and tourism.

 

Those targeted were involved in counterfeiting, romance scams, credit card fraud, fake gem importation and drugs.

 

Six illegals were arrested - these were three from Somalia and one each from Guinea, Gambia, and Tanzania.

 

Three on overstay were also apprehended - two from Nigeria and one from Cameroon.

 

Nine others had their records recorded.

 

The Thai news media said that this was Black Eagle's tenth set of raids. A total of 154 places have now been raided with 96 arrests and 183 people having their details recorded.

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-11-07

[rkidlad]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Those targeted were involved in counterfeiting, romance scams, credit card fraud, fake gem importation and drugs

Ah, you mean lying to procure cash? Using a honeypot, so to speak? 

 

 

[Orton Rd]

There are a lot more of this trash that needs cleaning up, well done the Police

[Thaiwrath]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Africans had sneaked into Thailand"

I am beginning to wonder why we bother getting visas ?

With these people sneaking in, and influential (rich) people sneaking out, it appears the system has quite a few loopholes.

[Thechook]

Wouldnt want to be a black guy in thailand, would be like walking around with criminal tattoo on your forehead.  A task force especially for blacks even the name black eagle smells of racism.

[baansgr]

13 minutes ago, Thechook said:

Wouldnt want to be a black guy in thailand, would be like walking around with criminal tattoo on your forehead.  A task force especially for blacks even the name black eagle smells of racism.

Norbing wrong with targeting criminals if they fit the match. Why target old fat white guys if its younger black guys commiting the crimes.  No recism there

[Borzandy]

3 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

There are a lot more of this trash that needs cleaning up, well done the Police

Well done Thai Police, in these cases could be an example for the EU Police.

[partington]

1 hour ago, Thechook said:

Wouldnt want to be a black guy in thailand, would be like walking around with criminal tattoo on your forehead.  A task force especially for blacks even the name black eagle smells of racism.

The black guys involved are not walking around doing tourist activities or working in offices.  

 

Where I live they are standing in groups outside tourist locations for 6-8 hours a day calling out to passers by (but always westerners, never Thais), an activity upon which you can put no innocuous interpretation whatsoever.

[flyingdoc]

Congratulations to the Royal Thai Police!

[F4UCorsair]

Black Eagle??   Refreshing to see political correctness hasn't crippled Thailand.

 

Now for the misdirected left wing wan***s, bleeding hearts, and chardonnay socialists to make their thouhhts know to us all....read 'browbeat the rest of us'.

[smew]

Quite a synonym ‘“Black eagle”, I wonder what our liberal diehards think of all this, let us get the “black lives matter “ representative on this issue here

[IamNoone88]

Newly appointed deputy chief of the Tourist Police Bureau Surachet Hakpan - As the saying goes, "A new broom sweeps clean". Good job in rounding up the criminals.

[marquis22]

1 hour ago, baansgr said:

Norbing wrong with targeting criminals if they fit the match. Why target old fat white guys if its younger black guys commiting the crimes.  No recism there

Seems they are targeting illegal and overstayers not just because they are black.

Maybe blacks are abusing the system more than white fellas??

[stigar]

I saw police chasing a black man from sukumvit in BKK...they catched ghim with some white powder in his pants..well done..get the dealers locked up

[yellowboat]

22 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

Black Eagle??   Refreshing to see political correctness hasn't crippled Thailand.

 

Now for the misdirected left wing wan***s, bleeding hearts, and chardonnay socialists to make their thouhhts know to us all....read 'browbeat the rest of us'.

There are many other adjectives in both languages that could have been used instead of "black".  The BiB is enforcing the law, but while doing so, incurring unnecessary bad feelings about racism.  There is a difference between being PC and just avoiding undue insult. 

[malcoml]

2 hours ago, Thechook said:

Wouldnt want to be a black guy in thailand, would be like walking around with criminal tattoo on your forehead.  A task force especially for blacks even the name black eagle smells of racism.

Better to be one in Thailand than Vietnam.

I watched an American tourist take a beating in Saigon. It ended up being a case of mistaken identity.

[Dakhar]

"records recorded" 

 

That doesn't compute. 

[NextStationBangkok]

Expect more football clubs inside Thai Jails....

 

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[HooHaa]

49 minutes ago, smew said:

Quite a synonym ‘“Black eagle”, I wonder what our liberal diehards think of all this, let us get the “black lives matter “ representative on this issue here

methinks you are unclear regarding the meaning of the word "synonym"

[Ketyo]

1 hour ago, partington said:

The black guys involved are not walking around doing tourist activities or working in offices.  

 

Where I live they are standing in groups outside tourist locations for 6-8 hours a day calling out to passers by (but always westerners, never Thais), an activity upon which you can put no innocuous interpretation whatsoever.

These guys are selling their asses, pimping their women and selling drugs.

 

But in the past the police check their passports and let them off if their visas are still valid. The police have only worried about visa overstay.

 

However its not hard to work out that these gangs are working illegally on tourist, education or teaching visas.

 

The police should be able to pull them all in after a brief observation, and deport the lot of them for breach of visa rules. Never mind having to prove that each one is involved in drugs and pimping.  

Edited November 8, 2017 by Ketyo
Correction

[HooHaa]

22 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

There are many other adjectives in both languages that could have been used instead of "black".  The BiB is enforcing the law, but while doing so, incurring unnecessary bad feelings about racism.  There is a difference between being PC and just avoiding undue insult. 

havent come across any allegations of racism.

if you have concrete knowledge of African gangs working in specific areas committing illegal acts, who would you suggest they round up? Swedes?

[Stokakrishna]

it should be called OPERATION BLACK CHICKEN

[retarius]

I never understood the left wing problems with 'profiling'. Marketers profile all the time, it's their job....no good trying to sell a Ferrari to a 90 year old homeless blind woman. Target the profiles of the people that commit the crimes....in the case of terror principally young, muslims; and apparently here in Thailand, black africans. They can have no complaint if they are committing crimes or are here illegally. Let the legals stay and toss out the rest or send them to prison.

[Tchooptip]

Operation Black Eagle  

 

.... rather operation black crow

[biggles45]

Surely it makes sense to assign police resources to known criminal groups? Now in our PC countries it is called "racial profiling" but if they weren't shown to be committing crimes there would be no problem. 

[wvavin]

Keep up the momentum. There are a lot more at Soi Nana.

[Bill Miller]

3 hours ago, Thechook said:

Wouldnt want to be a black guy in thailand, would be like walking around with criminal tattoo on your forehead.  A task force especially for blacks even the name black eagle smells of racism.

Only 96 arrests in over 150 raids?
Yes, it does smack of racism, or really poor police work, as do many of the congratulatory comments.
 

[Jools]

Thailand needs a taste of what South Africa got for its vile apartheid regime. The racism that I see here daily, disgusts me. I have never been so tired of being praised for my white skin.

[jenny2017]

The Tourist Police's "Black Beagle" ask force carried out its tenth laid on criminals posting  threads as a "risk to national security and sex tourism" on Tuesday.

 

     

[RichardColeman]

If you know that for every 10 black Africans you can arrest two, I'd say that pretty much fits the bill for racial profiling 100%