OldBlueLady
Junior Blues Coordinator⭐⭐
Surprisingly, I can't see any discussion on the rioting that's gone on in Tottenham, Enfield and now south of the river over the last few nights. Unsurprisingly, I hear the bleeding hearts have already been out in the media moaning about police brutality.
As I see it, the man police originally shot and killed had already apparently shot at police. I've commented somewhere else that if you live by the sword then you have to expect to die by the sword so if he got shot, then I don't think anyone should feel the need to complain (Only just heard that there is dispute over the bullet, although he DID apparently have a gun), however, there were plans for a peaceful protest, marching on the police station, but this seemingly got hijacked and people used what seems to have developed into a riot as an excuse to just go and help themselves to whatever booty they could get their hands on. I mean, you don't go out to a peaceful march and take the tools with you to drag an ATM out of the bank, or to set alight people's businesses and homes do you? I'm glad to hear that the man's family have distanced themselves and condemned the rioting - "not in our name" - but disappointed that the police have been seemingly slow to act in areas where the slightest excuse is good enough for feral behaviour to break out.
I was reading some comments on one of the online news sites, and thought it interesting that a young man from Europe found it hard to believe why water cannon wasn't brought into use and that the police failed to act with any great authority until things were out of hand. Certainly we've seen this done in Northern Ireland many times, so why was it not deployed here? Are the Met so cavalier as to believe that it's not needed? Once this happened in Tottenham, it was only a matter of time before trouble makers elsewhere started copying the behaviour so it was no surprise to hear shops in Brixton had also been looted....another flashpoint area and one the police should have been ready for.
There are times I despair of this country, there are times when we need strong and decisive leadership and shouldn't let conscience or the fear of litigation affect our judgement. There are also times when the right to legal aid should be withdrawn, but that's a whole other discussion!
As I see it, the man police originally shot and killed had already apparently shot at police. I've commented somewhere else that if you live by the sword then you have to expect to die by the sword so if he got shot, then I don't think anyone should feel the need to complain (Only just heard that there is dispute over the bullet, although he DID apparently have a gun), however, there were plans for a peaceful protest, marching on the police station, but this seemingly got hijacked and people used what seems to have developed into a riot as an excuse to just go and help themselves to whatever booty they could get their hands on. I mean, you don't go out to a peaceful march and take the tools with you to drag an ATM out of the bank, or to set alight people's businesses and homes do you? I'm glad to hear that the man's family have distanced themselves and condemned the rioting - "not in our name" - but disappointed that the police have been seemingly slow to act in areas where the slightest excuse is good enough for feral behaviour to break out.
I was reading some comments on one of the online news sites, and thought it interesting that a young man from Europe found it hard to believe why water cannon wasn't brought into use and that the police failed to act with any great authority until things were out of hand. Certainly we've seen this done in Northern Ireland many times, so why was it not deployed here? Are the Met so cavalier as to believe that it's not needed? Once this happened in Tottenham, it was only a matter of time before trouble makers elsewhere started copying the behaviour so it was no surprise to hear shops in Brixton had also been looted....another flashpoint area and one the police should have been ready for.
There are times I despair of this country, there are times when we need strong and decisive leadership and shouldn't let conscience or the fear of litigation affect our judgement. There are also times when the right to legal aid should be withdrawn, but that's a whole other discussion!