Can you say two-tier policing, Home Secretary? Because it seems that cops response to the Unite The Kingdom march was… odd…

  • hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Do you think it’s cos the police are scared of the people who can actually fight? Four bobbies to a granny but not one brave enough to face up to somebody their own size?

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      2 hours ago

      one tier for people dumb enough to associate themselves with a terrorist organisation and get arrested out of principle, when they could just rename themselves and still have a nice day out supporting palestine

      another tier for racist football hooligans

      don’t tell me the idiots wrapped in england flags have outsmarted the old ladies?

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      16 hours ago

      I’m certain that’s part of it. Cops are bullies, bullies are ultimately cowards.

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        41 minutes ago

        As someone who is friends with a handful of cops, plenty of them are ok. The sort of people youd want to help in an emergency. They do have thugs and bullies, not suited to a fair bit of police work, but the police need the numbers, and so assign people like that to units who specialise in crowd control, riot control etc. so it frees up the more level-headed ones to be e.g. 999 responders, desk sergeants, interviewers etc.

        “Nobody really likes them, but they do come in handy sometimes” one of my friends said.

        Edit: however, this does probably result in the Thug Units basically agreeing with the more moronic protestors, and having a bone to pick with the ‘clever-clever leftie’ ones.

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    19 hours ago

    Rumor has it they’re giving DNA tests and reducing rations in alignment with % Irish ancestry

    You have to give them points for consistency