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Originally Posted by Stuart
Based upon the tone of your posts, you also seem to have decided that the Police are automatically in the wrong, if not downright evil yet oddly, seem happy to defend the actions of those who caused the trouble.
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Of course they are in the wrong ! Hitting children and women is never justified unless they attack first.
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This, in itself, makes me wonder about your agenda and whether you truly care about the student's plight or are happy to use any excuse to give the authorities a good kicking.
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No, the authorities haven't had a good kicking. Did you notice the street gangs that turned up to the demos? You think they don't have access to firearms? They all do, and if the police continue with their current strategy then someone's going to get killed. They need to stop instigating the violence before the situation escalates.
Also, there's no need to wonder about my agenda - I'm entirely open with my views on this subject. I may joke about the police horse rebelling against the establishment, but I'd never take any delight in seeing a fellow human being getting hurt, whether they be police or other.
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Let me ask you this. Bearing in mind that the Press (in particular) are quite happy to attack the police when they feel the police deserve it (see the G20 coverage, the coverage of that Brazillian guy being shot and even the coverage of the attack on Price Charles), why has there not been much coverage of how the police brutally attacked the students?
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Interesting point, I have noticed this too. The press are in the business of selling the news rather than reporting it, and the story right now is how the students have unleashed their rage against the establishment.
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Originally Posted by Sirius
Obviously your true colours showing through.
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My true colours as you put it, were quite clear in my first post in this thread :
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This is what the police have to say about the student protestors and the public in general:
http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com...for-christmas/
Some of the comments made (by those we pay to protect us) are quite despicable. Usernames like "maniac cop", "Serpico" and "Rambo" should be no surprise and give some insight into what is going on in their minds.
It seems they don't want anyone protesting, even if it is peaceful. But if protestors do exercise their democratic right to protest, they want to make the experience so unpleasant for them that they'll think twice before demonstrating again. The police seem to see it as an "us vs them" issue, which I find rather disgusting if I can be quite honest.
A rather sobering reminder of what this country is turning into.
As for Jody McKintyre, the guy has cerebral palsy FFS ! He can't wheel himself, he has to be pushed around, so if he was rolling towards the police it was because he was being pushed. They pulled him our of his chair because of something he said, end of. Derek, he was no threat to anyone, and the fact that the officer(s) in question haven't been yet been sacked (let alone suspended) is shambolic !
The adage "The Law: Unto Themselves", springs to mind.
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
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Good find. There have been anecdotal reports of officers wearing false numbers so as not to arouse too much suspicion. It worries me that they would wish to hide their ID at all.
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More violence at the 9/12 protest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u6wP...layer_embedded
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Here's an interesting read:
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.a...ntid=155592399
1 in 5 back violent protests, but 2 in 3 support use of water cannon.