article_snippet: 'If we look at why someone didn't call the police earlier when we white girls were being attacked by these gentlemen, if someone had called the police earlier then that would have been a good thing wouldn't it?'
article_snippet: We have already seen taxi drivers stabbed in the face in race hate attacks
article_snippet: and I'm not prepared to allow people like Hopkins, who know nothing about our town, to stir up tensions in such a dangerously provocative way that could lead to innocent people being attacked by extremists. '
article_snippet: As a result of Ms Hopkins comments last week, I have been threatened by extremists and hard right groups have pledged to march on our town.
article_snippet: I am a strong supporter of free speech but it has to be responsible - and that's why we have laws to prevent people deliberately provoking hatred of a racial group.'