BNP's Nick Cass comes under fire from police!

This letter below appears as a result of moaning from the BNP's Nick Cass that a complaint from Cllr Colin Auty regarding malicious phone calls weren't dealt with in the way Cass felt they should have been. What it must be to think you know how to run everything...

From: Name and address supplied.

Dear Sir,

After reading the article [below] on the BNP in your paper earlier this month I was not only surprised but can I say appalled by the attitude of Mr Cass, calling us – your local police – a waste of space, and saying that if they get into power we will "all be cleaning toilets". Who the hell does this person think he is?

As a local serving officer, I am not only amazed, disappointed and can I say angry not only at his attitude but that you, a well respected local newspaper, could print this totally unfounded rubbish in the first place.

We, as you well know, police this town to the best of our abilities and with the co-operation of the public at large do, I think, a good job. We are not perfect (who is?) but to be denigrated and smeared by this man Cass, who I believe doesn’t even live in this town, is beyond belief.

Let’s put it this way. I think that this BNP boss with his nasty, tasteless and unfounded comments have alienated not only the many serving officers in this town, their families and friends, but now the law abiding public at large who do respect the police and what they do.

The Press

An excellent response to the outrageous arrogance that Cass displayed in the original article.

Councillor's death threat

A BNP councillor fears for his family's safety in the wake of a 'death threat' phone call which he claims was ignored by police. But Coun Colin Auty (Dewsbury East) says he won't be put off his work for the local community. And he is being backed by North Kirklees BNP boss Nick Cass who called for police to take action.

Mr Cass said officers would have acted differently if someone like Dewsbury and Mirfield Labour MP Shahid Malik had been involved.

Coun Auty received two calls last week, the first from a man with an Asian accent and then from a woman. The woman said: "We are going to get you lot. You are racists and we are going to kill you and your family. I have a gun." Coun Auty, who lives in Chickenley, said: "I was more disturbed because the call came from a woman. The caller seemed angry about a newsletter we were distributing but there was nothing racist in it at all."

After reporting the call, two police officers arrived at his house just before midnight.

"One was a woman and she was very good and helpful," said Coun Auty. "She explained that what happened was not a crime but a malicious call. She suggested I contact BT to get a block on the phone. Most calls like this are from cranks but it is a lottery and one might be truly dangerous. I am hardened to it but I fear for my family. I have two little girls. These callers won't put me off though. It won't stop me doing what I have to do."

Mr Cass said: "This is a long-running problem. I get such calls on a regular basis and I don't report them. The police aren't interested. Colin was told he should expect such things."

Mr Cass said the newsletter was simply updating residents and introducing him as a candidate in Dewsbury East at the local elections in May. "No one could be offended by them," he said. "But we are getting fed up. I want police to take this seriously and go through phone records for information."

Mr Cass said he was 'incensed' by the death threats and added: "Let's reverse this shall we? Can you imagine the police behaving in the same manner if someone had rung Shahid Malik, Tony Blair or even the likes of (Dewsbury East Labour councillor) Paul Kane and threatened to kill them and their families? I don't think so. They would have rounded up the perpetrator and prosecuted them! For all their tough talk, the police are a waste of space. I have worked closely with Colin in Dewsbury East and we get many people contacting us to complain about vandals smashing their area up only to be fobbed off by police who say they can't do anything. We need action not talk."

He issued a warning to senior police officers and said: "Those who spend more money and time on politically correct projects than catching criminals had better watch out. When the BNP gets an MP elected in Dewsbury they had better buck their ideas up or face a career change cleaning toilets."

A police spokesman said: "We received a report of a malicious communication made to an address in the Chickenley area in the evening of January 31, in which the caller had withheld their number. We visited the complainant that night and inquiries are on-going. We have fully updated the complainant and as far as we are aware they are happy with how the matter has been dealt with."

The Press