Jacksgranda Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 9 hours ago, AllSaint said: Given they are risking their life to deal with illegal gatherings with literally no adherence to social distancing, they are the victims here. Keep going, son, you'll soon be down to 0. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Missed this from the Whitty / Valance appearance in Parliament in the week https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1370875654732976135?s=21 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 8 hours ago, WATTOO said: If you can explain why a bunch of folk standing in a park holding up their mobile phones is going to achieve anything, then I'd like to know, especially in the middle of a pandemic when they've been explicitly told not to do it. The Police should indeed have acted last week in Scotland, however two wrongs don't make a right. I think you'll also find that there were many women among the idiotic Rangers hoards, so it's nothing to do with Men can or Women can't etc. They're obviously kept at home... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 There is obviously justification in the calls for the removal of the Commissioner of the Met, but you can't help feeling #CressidaOut might have been more appropriate at this time than #DickOut 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 9 hours ago, WATTOO said: The candle lit vigil crew are every bit as bad as the Rangers fans, so anyone who condemned them should equally be condemning the actions of those people tonight, putting MET officers life's at risk for no apparent reason. SHOCKING. Those protesting on Clapham Common should have put on Rangers tops, the police wouldn't have even gone near them, based on last week. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Those protesting on Clapham Common should have put on Rangers tops, the police wouldn't have even gone near them, based on last week. Not really getting this Rangers whatabouterry either - the Rangers fans were out celebrating something which is obviously going to be a different event to police than a protest specifically against the police themselves. You can see Fanta head being abusive to the police in a video on twitter saying “you arrested him after he committed murder” is that not generally how the law works? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 A better comparison might be to the way Tommy ten-names and his EDL nonces/statute protectors were "policed" a few months back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Tynierose said: Big team found, I'd say idiot found but we know that anyway. I’m not encouraging the celebrations i am merely pointing out that a celebration and a protest are two very different events to police, especially a protest against the police. There were also 29 arrests in Glasgow last weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 The Clapham event wasn’t organised as a protest against the police, it was a vigil following a murder. There was no need for the police to start aggressively dealing with the people there. None of it needed to happen, the Met police chose to do it this way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: A better comparison might be to the way Tommy ten-names and his EDL nonces/statute protectors were "policed" a few months back. How did it compare to the EDL stuff last year? I’m pretty certain those who were fighting with the police got arrested there as well? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 What exactly were they protesting about? That Killing Women Is A Bad Thing? I don't think there's any argument there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, ICTChris said: The Clapham event wasn’t organised as a protest against the police, it was a vigil following a murder. There was no need for the police to start aggressively dealing with the people there. None of it needed to happen, the Met police chose to do it this way. How do you know what motives everyone in attendance had for being there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Sundays, bloody hell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Interesting thread from an FT journalist on this subject. I’m not sure what to make of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, throbber said: How do you know what motives everyone in attendance had for being there? Take this pish right to f**k. It's the last throw of the desperate dice. It's the same argument that far right arseholes use when they start talking about sinking dinghies in the Channel. If you want to fly with those crows, crack on. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, throbber said: How do you know what motives everyone in attendance had for being there? Well I obviously don’t and I think there were a few of the cranks who show up to every protest there. But the event was advertised and publicised as a vigil, thousands of flowers and tributes were placed. It was hardly set up for a confrontation or violence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 34 minutes ago, throbber said: Not really getting this Rangers whatabouterry either - the Rangers fans were out celebrating something which is obviously going to be a different event to police than a protest specifically against the police themselves. You can see Fanta head being abusive to the police in a video on twitter saying “you arrested him after he committed murder” is that not generally how the law works? It was a vigil, not a protest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 17 minutes ago, throbber said: How do you know what motives everyone in attendance had for being there? Chelsea? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Throbber should chuck in a few #alllivesmatter references and his "look at me" is complete 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 47 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Those protesting on Clapham Common should have put on Rangers tops, the police wouldn't have even gone near them, based on last week. If the situation is calm then Police Scotland seem to operate a contain and watch them strategy (celtic x5, st Johnstone, Rangers x2) while the met seem to be more likely to get stuck in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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