Sickening the number of presumably women on this thread who think the mets actions were remotely acceptable, they should never have been allowed to handle this event it's way too close to home for them (and would be whenever it happened)
Frankly there should be an inquiry into the misogyny and bias within the met and not just in relation to the accused officer.
@Roussette that's great you've written to your Mp. A shame you feel it will be ignored.
Regarding news footage, sadly this is also nothing new, it calls to mind for me the way thatchers govt censored footage of the miners strike so that it was edited to look as if the miners were being violent without provocation which was far from true.
It's actually good now that we have sm so that unedited or at least differently edited video footage can be broadcast and often shows things aren't as they were reported on "the news" which means we are all gradually becoming more aware of just how biased the msm are
If people are breaking the law
1 they weren't - a court decided they could go ahead
2 laws aren't always just or fair
Indeed as of tomorrow our civil liberties may well be fucked!
It’s the classic abusers’ line “Now look what you made me do”.
Yep! A pattern of behaviour Eric Berne noted in one of his "games" "see what you made me do"
"and he [the game setter] is only too happy when it [the excuse to attack the other party] occurs"
it was a PR disaster waiting to happen at the very least it was an extremely stupid and irresponsible decision to make to allow met police anywhere near this event
Bloody hell, to the police, and men in general, the right time is never exactly
Isn't the Met commissioner a woman?
Women can be misogynists too
Wow! And now Dick thinks she knows better and has more authority than a judge/court?! She needs to go now!
I find it very odd that claims they were spat at etc are only emerging now - after almost a day of criticism
They're not being "condemned for doing their job" they're being condemned for thinking their job confers on them the right to intimidate and bully others
No but it does give them the right to arrest people, which is what they did. which they are only supposed to do in certain ways and not use excessive force, they are very well trained in how to gain control of a "suspect" and that is not what I saw happening
Did I read right at 1831? Do you REALLY think police protect us all the time? There have been several forces found to have been not recording reports from victims of vawg, not just acting poorly but refusing to even legally record the initial reports.
Recognising that the majority are "good" officers is not an excuse to ignore the "bad" - indeed the good officers WANT the bad ones out! They are just as disgusted when they are protected
Hillsborough tactics would be used and they would be painted as anti lockdowners and Covid deniers.
And that's exactly what's happening isn't it?
Police are also supposed to be able, skilled and trained at identifying and separating any troublemakers from the peaceful people - for the peaceful people's protection too, seems these officers/this force are seriously lacking in training and skills