Police shocked that the mean violent people they employed to arrest are in fact mean and violent.
wagonwheels87 on
They’re lucky they’re not being covered in shit considering how little they’ve covered themselves in glory in recent times.
As for the case in question, yeah there’s a lot of county lines-type criminality up here. Quad bikes tend to be the vehicle of choice.
CameramanNick on
The sad reality is that I am just not sure who to support here.
Criminals are occasionally violent.
Police officers are occasionally violent.
The latter tend to do it with the full support of their colleagues and the entire criminal justice system.
As someone who works outdoors in London quite a lot, I am fully aware that I am at more risk of trouble with the police, even if I am honestly and legitimately doing nothing wrong, than I am at risk of trouble with traditional criminality.
The police do what’s easy, as opposed to what’s useful. Winding me up is easy.
So in the end I am not that surprised that the criminals have realised that smacking a police officer in the face works just as well as it does on anyone else. It’s a grim and awful situation but I can see how it’s happened.
TheMountainWhoDews on
That explains why they’re much happier to arrest grandmas over facebook statuses. Why put yourself in danger solving real crime that harms the public, when you could just pursue the regime’s enemies on social media from the comfort of your desk?
Corvid187 on
Have they tried punching the people attacking them instead?
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Saint_Sin on
I have seen so many police officers do so many terrible things first hand in my time.
Like any profession giving people a lot of power, those with sociopathic traits are drawn to them. Those that dont fit in with this often leave resulting in a toxic place. Very similar to places like DWP.
To the (imo) very, very few actual decent police officers out there: You are a real life fucking super hero.
To qualify as decent it means not keeping quiet when fellow officers do shitty thigns but ‘if’ you are out there, im being genuine, you are a super hero.
Dnny10bns on
Given the focus on harrasing people for mean tweets, or words online. I can’t say I’m surprised. There’s a seething anger brewing in this country. The response to Southport riots has only dampened it temporarily.
Ill_Refrigerator_593 on
I’ve seen a lot of people on this sub defend the violence inflicted on the Police by the rioters a few months back.
SC_PapaHotel on
Police here. It happens frequently. A cop is assaulted on average once every 20 minutes.
We aren’t given the equipment needed to defend ourselves. I’ve been sent to calls of people with knives without even having a Taser.
While I’m not saying we shouldn’t be held to account, many of us are terrified of using our equipment because of the public opinion, IOPC, complaints, court etc.
Like every other public service policing is utterly broken.
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Police shocked that the mean violent people they employed to arrest are in fact mean and violent.
They’re lucky they’re not being covered in shit considering how little they’ve covered themselves in glory in recent times.
As for the case in question, yeah there’s a lot of county lines-type criminality up here. Quad bikes tend to be the vehicle of choice.
The sad reality is that I am just not sure who to support here.
Criminals are occasionally violent.
Police officers are occasionally violent.
The latter tend to do it with the full support of their colleagues and the entire criminal justice system.
As someone who works outdoors in London quite a lot, I am fully aware that I am at more risk of trouble with the police, even if I am honestly and legitimately doing nothing wrong, than I am at risk of trouble with traditional criminality.
The police do what’s easy, as opposed to what’s useful. Winding me up is easy.
So in the end I am not that surprised that the criminals have realised that smacking a police officer in the face works just as well as it does on anyone else. It’s a grim and awful situation but I can see how it’s happened.
That explains why they’re much happier to arrest grandmas over facebook statuses. Why put yourself in danger solving real crime that harms the public, when you could just pursue the regime’s enemies on social media from the comfort of your desk?
Have they tried punching the people attacking them instead?
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I have seen so many police officers do so many terrible things first hand in my time.
Like any profession giving people a lot of power, those with sociopathic traits are drawn to them. Those that dont fit in with this often leave resulting in a toxic place. Very similar to places like DWP.
To the (imo) very, very few actual decent police officers out there: You are a real life fucking super hero.
To qualify as decent it means not keeping quiet when fellow officers do shitty thigns but ‘if’ you are out there, im being genuine, you are a super hero.
Given the focus on harrasing people for mean tweets, or words online. I can’t say I’m surprised. There’s a seething anger brewing in this country. The response to Southport riots has only dampened it temporarily.
I’ve seen a lot of people on this sub defend the violence inflicted on the Police by the rioters a few months back.
Police here. It happens frequently. A cop is assaulted on average once every 20 minutes.
We aren’t given the equipment needed to defend ourselves. I’ve been sent to calls of people with knives without even having a Taser.
While I’m not saying we shouldn’t be held to account, many of us are terrified of using our equipment because of the public opinion, IOPC, complaints, court etc.
Like every other public service policing is utterly broken.