"UK: Jail Time for Revving Engine in a Racist Manner

A motorist in Scotland, UK is fined $238 and sent to jail for two days for the crime of revving his Lotus Esprit in a racist manner.

Scottish motorist Ronnie Hutton, 49, was jailed for two days for the crime of "revving his car in a racist manner" last September. After waiting more than a year to try the case, the Stirling Sheriff court finally convicted Hutton last week of breach of the peace and fined him £150 (US $282).

An off duty officer, Chief Inspector Eoin Jenkins, said Hutton had revved the engine of his Lotus Esprit near two Muslims last year. After Hutton dismissed Jenkins' concern with an expletive, Jenkins immediately dispatched two police officers to Hutton's home where he was taken and thrown in jail for two days without formal charges. Hutton explained that his revving had nothing to do with nearby pedestrians, rather, he was keeping his temperamental and expensive V8 engine from stalling and being damaged.

"To be convicted for revving my car in a busy street is hard to take," Hutton told the Sunday Mail newspaper. "Does this mean anyone driving a noisy car in Scotland is now a criminal?"

Asked in court why the man may have revved his engine, Hana Saad, 23, said through an interpreter, "Maybe because we are Muslim.""

Christ, what is the world comming too......

 

That just sucks

 

LOL, maybe he was trying to suck the rags off thier heads with his intake.

 

bhahahah

 

The UK is becoming so oversensitive with the Muslim thing it's insane. And since when is being a Muslim a race?

-Chris

 

i wuz wonderin when someone was gonna say that.

 

Now thats racism!

holler!

 

And you know this, MAN!!!!

 

I once swerved my car in a racist way, I swerved it into a large dirty puddle and splashed about 6 indian women in full lenth sarees....completely wet them through...it was extremely amusing.

Does that count as a racist car swerve?

 

lol damn...sucks

 

what the f....

 

So far today I have brushed my teeth, eaten a cookie, drank a coffee and ate some pretty ono mahi mahi, all in a very racist manner. I am ashamed of myself.

For all I know though, I could be wearing my glasses in a racist manner RIGHT NOW!!! I know I have driven in a racist manner in the past as a couple people have pointed out the fact in a rather overly enthusiastically manner that I am white. Good times!

I saw an African American couple walking over the weekend - the woman had a big button that said "I (heart) being black" and it got me thinking - what would happen if I wore a button that said "I (heart) being white." WTF is wrong with people?

 

I'm sure I've passed a few hispanic drivers on my way to work. How do I avoid driving in a racist manner?

I'll wear an "I <3 being white" button if you do

 

Double standards and reverse racisim. It's sad. btw I totally <3 being white....

 

white power! btw im chinese japanese filipino haha