Look Good Mi ready fi go wipe out this f*g wid pure laser beam Translation: I'm ready to go wipe out this f*ggot with a pure laser beam
Peter Tatchell's letter to the Home Secretary:
The Home Secretary Home Office 19 November 2008
Dear Jacqui Smith,
Request to ban Bounty Killer (Rodney Price) from entering and performing in the UK
Name: Rodney Price (stage name, Bounty Killer) DoB: 12 June 1972 Nationality: Jamaican
Mr Price is scheduled to perform at the Stratford Rex venue in East London this Sunday, 23 November 2008, under his stage name, Bounty Killer.
In view of the unacceptable levels of gang violence and gun and knife crime, which has tragically claimed the lives of so many young people, the LGBT human rights group OutRage! urges you, as Home Secretary, to take prompt, effective action against singers, such as Rodney Price / Bounty Killer, who contribute to the acceptability of gang culture and violence by encouraging, glorifying and celebrating the killing of LGBT human beings.
We respectfully request that you deny Rodney Price / Bounty Killer (BK) a visa and work permit (or revoke his visa and work permit) and prohibit him from performing in the UK on the following grounds:
- BK has not signed the Reggae Compassionate Act, whereby artists promise to halt inciting hatred and violence - indeed, he was asked to sign the RCA and he refused to do so. Read a sample of the Reggae Compassionate Act here.
- BK has incited murder, which is a serious criminal offence and a threat to public order. See examples of his "burn and drown" gays lyrics, and watch this YouTube video of a Bounty Killer concert, where he openly boasts and incites the crowd: "f*ggot, I kill every one of them." All eight singers in this Dancehall Dossier should be prohibited from entering the UK, as they have all incited the murder of LGBT people. Some singers such as Buju Banton have signed the RCA, but have since denounced and violated it. Prohibiting BK would be a good start to tackling these proponents of homophobic murder.
- BK has specifically incited the murder of LGBT people, which is a threat to community cohesion and good community relations. See the links above.
- BK has been associated with repeated concert violence and anti-gay hatred and abuse. Caribbean World News reported in April this year that the government of Guyana has banned BK on the grounds of violence, disorder and his torrent of homophobic abuse at his concert that month.
- The Home Office and the Metropolitan Police ban foreign racists and those who incite racist violence from entering the UK and performing in public, so you should adopt the same policy towards foreign homophobes and those who incite homophobic violence: no entry, no concert. LGBT people are entitled to the same protection from murderous incitements as black people - no more, no less.
- BK's incitements of violence are not confined to overseas. His songs advocating the killing of gay people are played on some radio stations and sold be some records stores in the UK. BK is therefore inciting violence and murder within the UK.
We do not accept the Met Police excuse that Bounty Killer will not be permitted to perform songs that incite homophobic violence at his concert on Sunday. This does not make his performance acceptable.
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