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Originally Posted by Flyboy
So, the use of water cannon is illegal and would need a full change in the law to allow it to be deployed. Hardly up to the Metropolitan Police Service then.
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No they are not illegal ,nobody has said they are illegal
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In the UK water cannon has only been deployed in Northern Ireland, at various points throughout the Troubles, and its use has been resisted until now by senior police officers elsewhere in Britain.
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“It is a matter for them to decide which tactics they wish to use. They (the police) will look across the board at the powers that are available to them, at the operational things that they can do and make decisions to ensure any future demonstrations that take place are also policed robustly.”
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-May-says.html
As quoted in many articles today the police have the choice if they want to use them they would not needa change in the law