Thread: Students Rioting in London.
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Old 13-12-2010, 19:11   #514
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Re: Students Rioting in London.
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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
There's a video of it on the site. another officer has to pull the officer who did it away.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...onstrator.html
And some are calling for these thugs to have a water canon; the mind boggles.

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Originally Posted by Derek View Post
I presume she meant that to be used as a matter of course then it needs to be home office approved much like the current generation of tasers. Other non-home office approved equipment and tactics can be used as long as the force can justify it. (like in the case of everyones favorite steroid monster shotgun suicide looney Raoul Moat)

Not in the same league but a similar vein do you think that a punch in the face is a home office approved technique? It's not but in some cases it's totally justifiable and legal.
Deleting my question and making fun of it makes no difference to your reply. What did she mean by:

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"It requires legal and democratic oversight."
Is pulling a paraplegic from a wheelchair totally justifiable as well? The reason I ask is, that there seemed to be some disagreement with the officers on the ground. For the life of me I can't possibly see were the justification would have come from though. Perhaps with your inside knowledge you could explain it.
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