Protesting. The boot is on the other foot.

Originally Posted by speedfreak

Forgetting all the muslim this and that, its clear to see what the serving front line officers think of this rule from Dereks post, thats assuming you arent just the station receptionist Derek

Its the police I feel sorry for. I wouldnt like to go to work to have a slipper thrown at me. Id be donning the riot shield and running into the slipper throwers braveheart style if some sweaty old slipper hit me in the face Its things like this that feed racism and attract people to the BNP IMO. It certainly doesnt do the muslims ( I hate saying "the muslims" always feels a little bit racist to me but whats a better term?) any favours and only breeds racial hatred. Im certainly not racist but I can see why some people say we are heading towards an Islamic state

It should be our country, our laws, same as in any other country. Thats not a racist point of view I just dont understand why or how people can expect to move to another country and get laws changed in favour of themselves. I dont normally get drawn into this type of thing and I will probably get shot down for my views but its stories like this that make me angry

not by me ,i agree 100%, there's possibly half a dozen bylaws being broken with this arcane practice ,when will these people learn that they they do themselves no favours at all with some of their practices

[basa]

Originally Posted by Rob M

I would imagine this could be seen in the same way that simply swinging punches is not illegal in and of itself, but connecting with another person and causing them harm would then be contrary to the law.

Bullocks!

Throwing a shoe at someone for the purpose of hitting him is a battery if the shoe in fact strikes the person and is an assault if the shoe misses. The fact that the person may have been unaware that the shoe had been thrown at him is irrelevant under this definition of assault. The incorporation of the definition of civil assault into the definition of the crime makes it a criminal assault to intentionally place another person in "fear" of a harmful or offensive contact. "Fear" means merely apprehension - awareness, rather than any emotional state.

[speedfreak]

would be quite funny to see protesters randomly throwing punches into thin air though. Id pay to go and see that and sit there eating my popcorn better that than sweaty slippers being thrown about At least that wouldnt be causing harm to anyone whereas a doc martin in the face might

[frogstamper]

This is an absolutely ridiculous ruling by the judge in question, its precisely rulings like these that sow discontent between different religions and groups in the UK.
How a judge can rule that it is permissible for one section of society to throw shoes at or in the direction of the object of their protest? when if a Christian, Hindu or Atheist were to do the same they'd get their collar felt.
We already have a number of irresponsible "newspapers" stirring up hatred toward Muslims, so how on earth are the main-stream supposed to debunk these so called journalists when we have judges making divisive laws such as this?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Traffic offences are not usually considered to be valid reasons for political protest.

I wouldn't have thought a cartoon that wasn't even printed in a newspaper was either but some people did

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Still seeing a number of cops are now Jedi I'm sure they can cover their batons in luminous green paint and start swinging wildly into the mob as that is allowed in their religion.

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[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Derek S

I wouldn't have thought a cartoon that wasn't even printed in a newspaper was either but some people did

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Still seeing a number of cops are now Jedi I'm sure they can cover their batons in luminous green paint and start swinging wildly into the mob as that is allowed in their religion.

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Perhaps, but not a very good one. Didn't even crack a smile.