A Spot Of Fine Weather, What Better Chance For Some To Congregate And Cause Trouble.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3698316/Police-officer-stabbed-struck-bottle-spontaneous-Hyde-Park-water-fight-descends-blade-chaos-two-revellers-suffering-knife-wounds.html

[stuey]

This is not a criticism of the police, just an observation from the photos. Why do they seem, in almost every picture, to be just standing around looking quite confused, bewildered, and at a loss as to what to do? Perhaps they are waiting for some leadership, I have no idea...Just the impression I go from the pictures.

[bazwillrun]

Theyre standing around promoting community relations...theyre scared to touch them, they know how easily these people love a riot ..plod are scared of theyre own shadows where these people are concerned, incurably infected with pc itus

[retrocop]

I think they call it being politically hogtied but the men on the ground think themselves as 'aunt Sallys '

[retrocop]

If they wanted a water fight then the police should of come with 3 redundant water cannon !!!!

[stuey]

It's too bad that the Fire Department didn't choose that occasion to check out their equipment, using relatively low pressure of course.

[retrocop]

Plenty of water to pump from the serpentine but the oars would be left high and dry . :-)

[bazwillrun]

What a load of rowlocks !

[sp1814]

Disgraceful behaviour by these idiots. The police are absolutely not to blame here...just the lowlife thugs who turn what could have been a great afternoon, into a series of running battles.

There are few winners here.

There are people who got hurt. There are families who had to run in fear...

In fact, the only 'winners' are the bigots who go online to post nearly veiled racist nonsense. The kind of people who sat silently by when white West Ham fans were rampaging through the streets earlier this year.

Or was it Chelsea?

I dunno. Point is - there are people (on other chat rooms, not AB) who jump at the chance to spew forth on these events, but remain silent when it's footie hooligans.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// In fact, the only 'winners' are the bigots who go online to post nearly veiled racist nonsense. ///

Oh so it's all the fault of on-line racist bigots is it?

Perhaps that is why there were no arrests and the two major TV news channels, BBC and ITV failed to report the incident on last night's 10 o'clock news?

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// The kind of people who sat silently by when white West Ham fans were rampaging through the streets earlier this year. ///

Oh so West Ham or Chelsea have no black fans then, or would the black ones never dream of rampaging through the streets?

[Bathsheba]

Anyone who knows me or is a Facebook friend will testify that I have been predicting riots should the hot weather continue. And I live in Oldham, so I know riots :(

Baths
x x x

[ummmm]

Why riots, Baths?

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

/// Why riots, Baths? ///

*** Metropolitan police cancel leave after string of violent 'RIOTS' in the capital ***

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/21/metropolitan-police-cancel-leave-after-string-of-violent-riots-i/

[Bathsheba]

ummm, hot weather + cheap beer/cider :)

Baths
x x x

[anotheoldgit]

Bathsheba

/// ummm, hot weather + cheap beer/cider :) ///

And the police not allowing them to do just as they like.

[anotheoldgit]

/// And I live in Oldham, so I know riots :( ///

And I presume they wouldn't be Muslim riots now would they?

[retrocop]

As a result of two of his officers being stabbed, as well as to other attendees in Hyde Park, I wonder if Mr Hogan-Howe is composing a similar entreaty to Mrs May?



http://www.proudcons.com/louisiana-police-chief-fired-for-this-comment-about-obamas-war-on-cops/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ATB&utm_campaign=facebook_ATB

[whiskeryron]

Might it just be a good idea to offer Skylar Dore a job in this land of the free where some are free-er than others & allowed to use their own system of justice ?

[1rovert]

Water cannons ??

Whats wrong with GPMG s