Only Following Orders? Police Inertia Unleashed Mayhem
I certainly won’t name, blame or shame this Bristol policewoman, merely note what she told the court…
The crowd) weren’t hostile towards us, but the whole atmosphere changed,” she said.
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“There were chants of ‘pull it down, pull it down’ from the protesters.
“(The statue) fell very quickly, it didn’t appear to be bolted to the plinth which surprised me.
“The crowd were bordering on mass hysteria, celebrating and jumping on the broken statue on the floor.”
Once the statue had been toppled, she informed her commander and carried on policing the remainder of the protest.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-59657175
She clearly kept her commanders informed that the vermin were running amok, but got no orders to quell the rabble.
No ‘draw truncheons, charge! ‘
No tear-gas on stand-by!
No armed police despatched!
Complete indifference to law enforcement’s duty to… .
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…batter the red scum trying to knock the statue down.
Edward Lamont 21:04 on December 16, 2021 Permalink |
It was the final nail in the coffin for the respect law-abiding British people used to have for the police.
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