Real policing like having to investigate social media insults over burglary’s and theft.
AmbroseOnd on
Then don’t put so much effort into policing them. They are peaceful people with placards not criminals.
No-Ninja455 on
These protests are fairly recent.
The police being absent and not responding was a criticism David Cameron raised way back to get elected.
It’s a long time issue and still getting worse
Purple_head_monster on
Real policing? Sitting at a computer looking for people’s online hurty words?
Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n on
Everything you do eats into time to do everything else, so his statement is moot.
If what he means is “we find these protests a waste of our time” then just say that and face the moral backlash.
Look, saying you find these protests a waste of time show you don’t care about what they’re trying to do, so why care about what they say about you in response?
mint-bint on
And that’s why most of these “protests” are promoted and often organised online by hostile foreign nations.
They have an impact on all of our resources, and society as a whole.
I wish people would apply more critical thinking and actually wonder why these events happen in the first place. It’s classic divide and conquer psyops most of the time.
And no coincidence they have become a weekly occurrence since the rise of social media.
kahnindustries on
Police need to get back to real police work, like scrolling through Facebook
Happytallperson on
The enthusiasm for senior members of the Met to be anti-protest is chilling, especially as their new favourite line (drawn up in collaboration with opaquely funded “think tank” Policy Exchange) is “budget”.
Yes, civil liberties cost money. Technically the money it costs to hold an election could be spent on the NHS. Technically the cost of having trials to determine guilt or innocence could be saved by just tossing wrong’uns into prison hulks and we could give the money to “real policing”.
However we don’t do that because the end result of that is a very bad place.
ThinTrip7801 on
Our government should stop funding genocidal wars. Its a no brainer.
OwlCaptainCosmic on
The main tactic of disruptive protests are to be disruptive. The Government should take real action to fight climate change and stop the collapse of human civilisation.
Is it a shock that when we face human extinction, that some people are going to be upset about that?
mitchanium on
Poor government leadership and corruption are the problems, and civil protests are the consequences 🤷♂️
Combine this with a limited police force size, also dictated by government, then you can see the problem.
jimthewanderer on
Maybe the government should stop ratfucking the climate and doing war stuff then.
mister_barfly75 on
I’m fairly sure that a large proportion of crimes in London could be solved simply by having half of the Mer arrested.
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Real policing like having to investigate social media insults over burglary’s and theft.
Then don’t put so much effort into policing them. They are peaceful people with placards not criminals.
These protests are fairly recent.
The police being absent and not responding was a criticism David Cameron raised way back to get elected.
It’s a long time issue and still getting worse
Real policing? Sitting at a computer looking for people’s online hurty words?
Everything you do eats into time to do everything else, so his statement is moot.
If what he means is “we find these protests a waste of our time” then just say that and face the moral backlash.
Look, saying you find these protests a waste of time show you don’t care about what they’re trying to do, so why care about what they say about you in response?
And that’s why most of these “protests” are promoted and often organised online by hostile foreign nations.
They have an impact on all of our resources, and society as a whole.
I wish people would apply more critical thinking and actually wonder why these events happen in the first place. It’s classic divide and conquer psyops most of the time.
And no coincidence they have become a weekly occurrence since the rise of social media.
Police need to get back to real police work, like scrolling through Facebook
The enthusiasm for senior members of the Met to be anti-protest is chilling, especially as their new favourite line (drawn up in collaboration with opaquely funded “think tank” Policy Exchange) is “budget”.
Yes, civil liberties cost money. Technically the money it costs to hold an election could be spent on the NHS. Technically the cost of having trials to determine guilt or innocence could be saved by just tossing wrong’uns into prison hulks and we could give the money to “real policing”.
However we don’t do that because the end result of that is a very bad place.
Our government should stop funding genocidal wars. Its a no brainer.
The main tactic of disruptive protests are to be disruptive. The Government should take real action to fight climate change and stop the collapse of human civilisation.
Is it a shock that when we face human extinction, that some people are going to be upset about that?
Poor government leadership and corruption are the problems, and civil protests are the consequences 🤷♂️
Combine this with a limited police force size, also dictated by government, then you can see the problem.
Maybe the government should stop ratfucking the climate and doing war stuff then.
I’m fairly sure that a large proportion of crimes in London could be solved simply by having half of the Mer arrested.