I want neighbours like the people that surrounded that van in Glasgow

[flashbac]

These people are legends. This was the tonic I needed:

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This is not about promoting lawlessness. Dawn raids are barbaric and it was EID.

YANBU but what's the context? It's just a random video.

Dawn raids are barbaric and it was EID.

So, you are saying that the police must never go to a suspected criminal's home in the early morning?

You are also saying that suspected muslim criminals should not be questioned or arrested during eid?

The police attended for the disorder only. It was Immigration officials that detained the two men.

“Refugees are welcome here”. I agree, they were fantastic.

Ignore me, just read the Guardian on it. YANBU

YANBU.

Thank god we have people like that.

Taking it in context, I agree op. These are people looking out for their neighbours of ten years. I'm sure I read the protest was about the way this was done and the timing rather than about them remaining indefinitely.

Yanbu & I hope that if needed I will be a neighbour like those in Glasgow

Weegies are fabulous.
Dd lived in that area for a while and had great neighbours, she's moved to a "dodgy", area now, still has great neighbours and loads of friendly people.

What a lovely neighbourhood to live in. Bet it'll only continue to improve after this. Hope those detained are supported.

@nickymanchester

Dawn raids are barbaric and it was EID.

So, you are saying that the police must never go to a suspected criminal's home in the early morning?

You are also saying that suspected muslim criminals should not be questioned or arrested during eid?

I bet this solidarity is making you seethe!

Yanbu. So proud of these people. No violence by protestors or heavy handed police. All wearing masks. Handled it so well.

Loved the saying on Refuweegee page "we're all fae somewhere"

Dawn raids are barbaric and it was EID.

so the police should be sent home when there's any religious event, should they?

No idea what the video is about and what the crowd is cheering for - but they seem peaceful, so good for them.

so the police should be sent home when there's any religious event, should they?
The point is just that the timing was particularly insensitive (at best; quite possibly it was deliberate).

No idea what the video is about Clearly. Maybe watch it and then share a more informed opinion?

Loved seeing this! As an immigrant to the UK it made me feel quite emotional.

The protest was against the UK immigration authorities raiding during a pandemic and during eid. It isn't the way their communities feel this should be done. Good on them indeed. Some people feel it's outdated and barbaric to treat people like this and I have to agree.

The point is just that the timing was particularly insensitive (at best; quite possibly it was deliberate).

As I understand it, the men detained were not even muslim so why should the fact that it coincided with eid be of any relevance?

Glasgow is like that @flashbac
You have so many decent people here who will stand up for others. And dont look down on others or patronize each other. Scotland is a very socialist country. We rejected brexit by a big majority. And we'll never have a tory right wing government. We do need a decent opposition right enough, and i say that as a yes voter. A lot of us would like independence as we see the westminster Johnson Government as totally alien to everything we believe in.
Of course like everywhere else we have poverty and a real desperate under class. Theres always been less jobs up here than anywhere ive lived in England. And housing is desperate in some areas as people bought council houses to line their pockets and now young people and families cant get decent housing.
And of course we have the blight of sectarianism. This weekend will see gatherings of football fans with little police resistance, if its anything like last time.
But on the whole, its a decent place to live.

The suspected crime is living here. Dawn raids are a disproportionate reaction for a crime of being born in another country. Fine investigate, but there are more humane ways to do it.

Sorry, i said above we'll never have a right wing tory government. Unfortunately thats exactly what we do have.
What i mean was we'll never have a tory government in power in Scotland.

The point is just that the timing was particularly insensitive

so yes, you want people to have immunity during religious celebrations.
That can be argued. I personally strongly disagree. Recipe for disaster!

@Sally872

The suspected crime is living here. Dawn raids are a disproportionate reaction for a crime of being born in another country. Fine investigate, but there are more humane ways to do it.

you do realise that dawn raids exist for a reason?

@IntermittentParps

so the police should be sent home when there's any religious event, should they? The point is just that the timing was particularly insensitive (at best; quite possibly it was deliberate).

No idea what the video is about Clearly. Maybe watch it and then share a more informed opinion?

I have watched it. That's why I can have an impartial opinion based on it!

Fair play to them all, was brilliant to see. Also the size of your man who was under the van for 8 hours!! Legend.

Take the Eid issue away and the protest would still have occurred. That was just another point on the list. There's a real culture clash between the Scottish views on immigration and Westminster and that's the point. Peaceful protest is a great thing.