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What we know about the Liverpool FC parade incident

A 53-year-old white British man has been arrested after dozens of people were hit by a car.

This happened on Monday during a Liverpool FC Parade. Shocking and really scary!

65 confirmed casualties. 50 were treated in hospital & 11 remained in hospital but in stable conditions (thankfully).

But ofc the far right don't really care about the injured and those who are still in the hospital. All they care about is that the suspect has been named and that it's announced to be a White British man in a relatively quick time, so they weren't allowed to share misinformation again, cause havoc on the streets, racially abuse people & target mosques and shops in looted attacks, just like they did with the Southport attacks. They're seemingly angrier at the Police for announcing the suspect and his race in quick time, than they are at the suspect for causing such an abhorrent and horrifying scene. Now, it's taking away from the actual horrifying events of the story.

Awful incident, I know a fair few people that went but weren’t involved in the incident. Thoughts with those recovering.

Of course the far right aren’t happy with the white suspect being confirmed early on. It didn’t give them enough time to properly spew racist hatred all over social media.

We are living in a depressing world to think the police had to reveal the ethnicity of the suspect early on to avoid bigoted racist riots.

I saw a video speculating that the perpetrator had somehow been surrounded by fans knocking on the car and he lost his temper but this clearly isn't the case as he purposefully followed an ambulance into a otherwise restricted area. Clearly a premeditated and disgusting attack on what should have been a joyous occasion.

8 minutes ago, Dobbo said:

I saw a video speculating that the perpetrator had somehow been surrounded by fans knocking on the car and he lost his temper but this clearly isn't the case as he purposefully followed an ambulance into a otherwise restricted area. Clearly a premeditated and disgusting attack on what should have been a joyous occasion.

I don’t think it was premeditated. He was on drugs and I think he just thought he could get through by doing that. Most people said he was beeping his horn for people to get out of the way. Obviously he shouldn’t have been there and fans were annoyed he was there and trying to get through them and some hit his car then he either got angry or panicked also doesn’t help he was under the influence of drugs so his decision making and impulsiveness was off the charts. It was a family car and he lives local. Seems like an idiot on drugs made one bad decision after another rather than terrorism.

Ah I read he had previous convictions of DUI but didn't know he was actually on drugs during the incident, not that that excuses what he did of course but less likely to be premeditated then.

The drugs charges could be anything at this stage - doesn't necessarily mean anything, there could be traces of anything be it narcotics or prescription.

What is most important is thankfully, it looks like fatalities have been avoided. I'm sure most people have seen the videos and it did not look good, so the fact at this stage it appears as if everyone will be OK is amazing. As a Liverpool fan, what irked me from the start was how prominent right wing influencers were already willing for it to be something else, sickening. Then of course when this turned out not to be the case, some influencers started blaming fans for attacking the car in the first place! In the latest CCTV you can clearly see other cars who are moving slowly or are at a standstill. The road was blocked off as vehicles were unsafe with the level of people.

Such a fantastic response from all the emergency responders and thankfully the fire brigade were able to get on the scene so quickly to help with the people stuck under the vehicle.

An awful incident to happen, on what had been an joyous happy occasion. I was just stunned when news broke of this.

Seems like a minor miracle that no one has died and all the injured appear to be stable.

The policing response to this has been great too, quickly shutting down misinformation and clearly being aware of the possibility of shit-stirrers and misinformation spreaders ready to go with their "theories" about who caused it, though incredibly alarming of course that without immediate information about all incidents of public interest some parts of our society are ready and willing to lynch brown people/black people/Muslim/asylum seekers (delete as appropriate) because of false perceptions of reality.

Problem is that the police have set a precedent and will be expected to release info about ethnicity every time theee incidents happnen which would cause issues down the line.

Honestly those EXACT comments all over facebook are so f***ing horrendous to read, I am seriously worried for the state of the country when THAT is the first thing so many people comment or post about. People are downright thick. ☹️

What's even more concerning is the people so desperate to find something to make out of all this can't accept that a white male is responsible so obviously it has to be a cover up because he supposedly doesn't look 53

While I'm glad the racial information was out there quickly to stop what happened with Southport, it's shocking that there was speculation of whether it was even his fault or an accident, would that even be entertained if his skin were darker? While it does seem from the information this wasn't an act of terrorism, it's depressing seeing how treatment and reactions differ depending on the colour of a perpetrator's skin.

Asides though, very pleasing to see no fatalities or serious injuries occured and hopefully that will stay that way.

I just watched the press conference. They’re not charging him with attempted murder but GBH with intent which suggests they kind of insinuated he intended to hit people to get them out of the way but not kill them.

3 minutes ago, Liam Sota said:

I just watched the press conference. They’re not charging him with attempted murder but GBH with intent which suggests they kind of insinuated he intended to hit people to get them out of the way but not kill them.

This somewhat makes sense. Idiot who can't safely drive a metal box, for one reason or another, (I can't recall if the official reason, not just speculation, is out there) not fit to drive a vehicle, in the worst possible place to be. Consistent with no signs of terrorism.

Will get the book thrown at him, not undeservedly.

19 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Problem is that the police have set a precedent and will be expected to release info about ethnicity every time theee incidents happnen which would cause issues down the line.

I do sorta wonder how this will be implemented. There have been news reports that say they won't always release it, which I can't see sticking should another terrible incident happen where the perpetrator is from a minority group, it just allows the bad actors to draw conclusions that they now have evidence for AND claim that the powers that be will hide such.

Then releasing it in the manner they did, again, should the perpetrator be from a minority group would also embolden the worst impulses of people. I suppose a certain level of transparency is good, but we also need greater statistical understanding and empathy from people who are not likely in the future to have it.

31 minutes ago, Calum said:

What's even more concerning is the people so desperate to find something to make out of all this can't accept that a white male is responsible so obviously it has to be a cover up because he supposedly doesn't look 53

He looks like many 53 year olds in modern times look like. You can tell these far right loons are stuck in the past and are probably thinking he must look like a 53 year old from 1975.

On 28/05/2025 at 11:14, Dobbo said:

I saw a video speculating that the perpetrator had somehow been surrounded by fans knocking on the car and he lost his temper but this clearly isn't the case as he purposefully followed an ambulance into a otherwise restricted area. Clearly a premeditated and disgusting attack on what should have been a joyous occasion.

I heard a throry that he panicked when fans were surrounding cars. But it's veey very strange

On 28/05/2025 at 22:21, Steve201 said:

Problem is that the police have set a precedent and will be expected to release info about ethnicity every time theee incidents happnen which would cause issues down the line.

After the events of last summer, and the extent to which misinformation contributed to it, can you blame them?

I think it was more about that than pressure from people on social media.

8 minutes ago, Hassaan said:

After the events of last summer, and the extent to which misinformation contributed to it, can you blame them?

I think it was more about that than pressure from people on social media.

They should always release info. No good reason not to. That’s why the report after Southport said to do so and they did here. Not many people trust authorities so it should be a standard policy not one they are flexible with as that’ll lead to biased decisions and then ultimately it’ll be assumed what the perpetrator is based on the lack of info and then you have much more problems than just being transparent.

22 hours ago, Hassaan said:

After the events of last summer, and the extent to which misinformation contributed to it, can you blame them?

I think it was more about that than pressure from people on social media.

Absolutely not, but if it was someone from a different background what happens, more riots? Let’s hope not but suppose the point is it’s clarity which is what’s needed instead of rumour.