the cops might have did it on purpose because they were ordered to stop it
Yep.
The UK gvmt have been increasingly cracking down on the right to protest. For example, during the proclamation of Charles coronation (royal officers go to towns and read an official proclamation out loud) a man who said (direct quote) “Not in my name” was arrested on a public order offence and dragged through the system until the CPS said they weren’t going to take it any further.
At every turn the current Tory gvmt have urged the Police to be heavy handed with public order ‘offences’ and sort it out later.
oopsy woopsy we made a little fucky boingo that dragged you through the criminal justice system through no fault of your own and at no cost to us, all because of an unknown mix of malice and incompetence
your argument is that the police need to be allowed to act with as much malice or incompetence as they like because if there was more oversight in the system they could choose to not arrest rapists?
you’re saying that more oversight would lead to the police having more freedom to enforce the law as they see fit?
you’re the one attempting to reframe “there should be more oversight on the police’s actions” as “the police should be granted more power to interpret the law as they see fit”
Plausible deniability would certainly be a fun one. But as much as I am pro climate action, cops should generally be neutral. Otherwise it would be very hypocritical if cops acted on different kind of views that I don’t agree with. Either way, the system kinda worked as intended here. That’s a good thing.
Oh so they’re like to charge the cops for trying to impose unlawful conditions right? right?
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Yep.
The UK gvmt have been increasingly cracking down on the right to protest. For example, during the proclamation of Charles coronation (royal officers go to towns and read an official proclamation out loud) a man who said (direct quote) “Not in my name” was arrested on a public order offence and dragged through the system until the CPS said they weren’t going to take it any further.
At every turn the current Tory gvmt have urged the Police to be heavy handed with public order ‘offences’ and sort it out later.
oopsy woopsy we made a little fucky boingo that dragged you through the criminal justice system through no fault of your own and at no cost to us, all because of an unknown mix of malice and incompetence
oh well 🤷
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your argument is that the police need to be allowed to act with as much malice or incompetence as they like because if there was more oversight in the system they could choose to not arrest rapists?
you’re saying that more oversight would lead to the police having more freedom to enforce the law as they see fit?
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you’re the one attempting to reframe “there should be more oversight on the police’s actions” as “the police should be granted more power to interpret the law as they see fit”
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Plausible deniability would certainly be a fun one. But as much as I am pro climate action, cops should generally be neutral. Otherwise it would be very hypocritical if cops acted on different kind of views that I don’t agree with. Either way, the system kinda worked as intended here. That’s a good thing.
Canada’s RCMP are still acting like attack dogs for whichever government speaks (civic, municipal, provincial or federal).