A thread about protesters

[Chippy_boy]

If a cop asked me to move I would. If I didn't and after the 10th request he pushed me I wouldn't complain

In a nutshell.

The protesters (a) should not have been there and (b) were refusing to shift.

After the events of Sunday night, only an utter buffoon would think that doing so was a great idea. Of course the police were going to be (rightly) concerned about how things might escalate and it was more than reasonable for - at 10pm - them to say "right, that's enough, move on now". WTF did people refusing to do so, expect was going to happen. I have zero sympathy for them, none.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Ah, the naivety. Quite touching.

Love the second paragraph. ‘Yes, some protests will get (rightly, IMO) broken up when they are causing a public nuisance‘. Define public nuisance, oh that’s right, that will be defined by the authorities, ie whatever we deem it to be.

Bob, have you considered emigrating? Life is obviously so intolerable with all your freedoms impinged upon as much as they are. I have no such daily gripes myself.

 

[Chippy_boy]

There is no irony, I wasn’t giving the protestors a free pass, I just don’t assume that all protestors are scum of the earth

Do you assume ANY of them are? Serious question.

 

[Blue Mist]

does this cop deserve a medal?

We need to be honest here. Where is the punch? Yes she fell backwards but was she pushed? Why do some people believe everything they are told.

 

[Blue Mist]

Bob, have you considered emigrating? Life is obviously so intolerable with all your freedoms impinged upon as much as they are. I have no such daily gripes myself.

Spain is a good idea, (Madrid - I seem to remember Blues were assaulted and the told to move)
Italy, the cops there are so much nicer than here or Greece or.......

 

[LongsightM13]

Agree with all of that, but honestly the above has little or nothing to do with the new Bill. There's nothing in there about less scrutiny of potentially bent coppers.

True, though when a new law allows the highly subjective criminalisation of pretty much anybody in the vicinity of a protest on such fairly flimsy grounds, then there will sadly but inevitably be elements who see it as carte blanche to remove their IDs and start swinging indiscriminately, safe in the knowledge that they can claim the person was causing a mild disturbance. Most of us will have already seen it when following City away, whether here or abroad

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Avon police confusing ‘assaulted‘ with ‘confronted’ :)

Shouldn’t take long. He tweeted about it, so they have his name.

They could even contact him via DM.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

We need to be honest here. Where is the punch? Yes she fell backwards but was she pushed? Why do some people believe everything they are told.

When you're asked by riot cops to move back, not doing so has consequences.

 

[bluethrunthru]

We need to be honest here. Where is the punch? Yes she fell backwards but was she pushed? Why do some people believe everything they are told.

no fair do's somebody behind had a rope round her middle and pulled her back quickly calling her to fall - the cop breaking ranks and the raised hand is just coincidental

Shouldn’t take long. He tweeted about it, so they have his name.

They could even contact him via DM.

and he does work for the Mirror so it shouldn't be too hard

Mirror journalist slammed into wall by police at Bristol ‘Kill the Bill’ protest

A journalist from British newspaper the Mirror was slammed into a wall by police in Bristol at a ‘Kill the Bill’ protest there on Friday 26 March. Matthew Dresch tweeted: “Police assaulted me at the Bristol protest even though I told them I was from the press. I was respectfully observing what...

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[bert38]

no fair do's somebody behind had a rope round her middle and pulled her back quickly calling her to fall - the cop breaking ranks and the raised hand is just coincidental

and he does work for the Mirror so it shouldn't be too hard

Mirror journalist slammed into wall by police at Bristol ‘Kill the Bill’ protest

A journalist from British newspaper the Mirror was slammed into a wall by police in Bristol at a ‘Kill the Bill’ protest there on Friday 26 March. Matthew Dresch tweeted: “Police assaulted me at the Bristol protest even though I told them I was from the press. I was respectfully observing what...

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Why is she continuing to walk towards a line of police in full riot gear shouting 'move back'? What did she think would happen?

And thats aside from how she was behaving prior to that-or hearing what she was saying.

 

[bert38]

a shield is a defensive NOT an offensive tool. Is this contrary to Police training and a mis-use of equipment or are the Police now authorised to deliberately risk causing serious injuries
@ASPolice

wrong-it is a home office approved technique and is trained.

 

[Blue Mist]

no fair do's somebody behind had a rope round her middle and pulled her back quickly calling her to fall - the cop breaking ranks and the raised hand is just coincidental

and he does work for the Mirror so it shouldn't be too hard

Mirror journalist slammed into wall by police at Bristol ‘Kill the Bill’ protest

A journalist from British newspaper the Mirror was slammed into a wall by police in Bristol at a ‘Kill the Bill’ protest there on Friday 26 March. Matthew Dresch tweeted: “Police assaulted me at the Bristol protest even though I told them I was from the press. I was respectfully observing what...

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Raised hand? So a push then. If you'd said fist I would have thought a punch. There is a huge difference

 

[bluethrunthru]

Why is she continuing to walk towards a line of police in full riot gear shouting 'move back'? What did she think would happen?

And thats aside from how she was behaving prior to that-or hearing what she was saying.

anybodywho thinks that cop acted responsibly and in line with training should move to Myanmar - you'll love it there

 

[bluethrunthru]

Raised hand? So a push then. If you'd said fist I would have thought a punch. There is a huge difference

'kin clueless - defending the indefensible - I'll get you a booking on Fighting Talk

 

[BobKowalski]

Bob, have you considered emigrating? Life is obviously so intolerable with all your freedoms impinged upon as much as they are. I have no such daily gripes myself.

I have no daily gripes either, which fortunately frees up my time to express concern at the scenes of excessive police violence to members of the public or the police lying in public statements over their level of ‘injuries’.

As for emigrating, well, if watching the police punch women in the face or arresting them at candlelit vigils meets your approval then I hear Hong Kong is nice and the police there really enjoy that sort of thing. I’m sure they will appreciate your support.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

These protesters are doing the nation a valuable service by testing the boundaries of legislation and policing. I just wish they would check the effectiveness of the other emergency services too by setting fire to themselves, throwing themselves off a cliff, or jumping under moving vehicles.

 

[idahoblues]

These protesters are doing the nation a valuable service by testing the boundaries of legislation and policing. I just wish they would check the effectiveness of the other emergency services too by setting fire to themselves, throwing themselves off a cliff, or jumping under moving vehicles.

Would that involve the AA or RAC?

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Would that involve the AA or RAC?

I forgot mountain rescue too.

 

[Nails]

Bob, have you considered emigrating? Life is obviously so intolerable with all your freedoms impinged upon as much as they are. I have no such daily gripes myself.

Chippy_boy being Chippy_boy again. Thick as mince, as Mr Shears was so right to point out.

 

[stonerblue]

The bill isn't going to mean we all lose our rights to any protest and you must surely know that.

But if it gives the police more powers to disperse people and prevent the occurrences on Sunday night in particular, then I suggest approximately 67m out of our population of 67m, are in favour.

And you'd be wrong, as usual.