A HUMAN rights campaigner and former refugee has challenged Thomas Kerr to a walk of Glasgow after the Reform MSP’s much condemned video last week.
Kerr – the party’s deputy Scottish leader – was accused of "sickening fearmongering" after going on a "walkabout" in Glasgow and claiming that the city is full of "disorder, intimidation, and neglect" in a video posted to social media.
The Glasgow MSP also issued a press release after visiting the centre of the city and claiming to see a number of "shocking scenes" during the space of 30 minutes.
Attached to the press release was an image which showed Kerr walking past two young non-white young people standing against a wall, with their faces blurred but nothing to suggest the pair were doing anything wrong.
The "evidence" Kerr also collated in the video was a collection of shots of different groups of people – most of whom were not white – sat or stood in small groups, while one clip showed an overflowing bin.
The National has not seen evidence that anyone featured in the video has committed any crime.
Kerr has repeatedly come under fire for his false claims about Glasgow's crime rates.
The MSP has previously claimed that Glasgow has seen a "rapid rise in violent crimes" and a "crime epidemic", yet the latest figures show this is not the case.
The SNP called on Kerr to apologise, accusing him of "sickening fearmongering through insinuation".
Speaking on The National podcast, human rights campaigner Mohammad Asif challenged Kerr to go for a coffee and a walk in Glasgow.
“I guarantee that I can walk in any part of Glasgow, although I’m not a white person, without any trouble or hassle," he said.
