Oliver Bromley has a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerves.

A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant in south London because staff said he was “scaring the customers”.

Oliver Bromley has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.

Speaking to the BBC, he said when he had gone to place an order at a restaurant in Camberwell, staff told him there had been complaints about him.

“It’s a horrible thing to happen. I took it very personally on the day,” he said.

  • @[email protected]
    242•2 months ago

    He said they had told him that although it was a hate crime, it was “unlikely” officers could pursue it further.

    That’s messed up.

    • @[email protected]
      149•2 months ago

      Welcome to British policing.

      “We have determined that this was indeed a hate crime, and therefore we’ll be doing nothing. But if it happens two more times we’ll congratulate them on the hat trick and offer to enroll them in the police academy.”

        • @Cosmonauticus
          20•2 months ago

          Living in Europe I have to constantly remind ppl that American racism is just European racism with better access to guns

        • @[email protected]
          10•2 months ago

          I mean, the sad part is that Britain policing started out with some really good ideas. It’s actually worth reading Robert Peel’s principles of policing by consent sometime. They are an incredible blueprint for how to create a police force that serves the people.

          • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
            1•2 months ago

            “But that’s just an exaggeration taken out of context!!!”

            …And it’s also literally the slogan on the license plates in our nations capital.

    • @JustARegularNerdEnglish
      24•2 months ago

      The paragraph after is golden:

      The Met confirmed to the BBC that officers had visited Mr Bromley about the incident and that although no arrests had been made, the force took “reports of hate crime seriously”.