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student protest
watching the latest peaceful protest that the students are having today has made me wonder whatever happened to the water canons or tear gas or rubber bullets.. has this country got soft?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.people generally protest because they enjoy it, and for many it raises the adrenaline, often leading to violence or civil disobedience. use of cannons and plastic/rubber bullets inflames these reactions and is often counter productive.
a better way to control such riots/protests is to hem them into a confined space and then just wait until they get bored or fed up and go home. it also saves the public purse from all the ipcc investigations, inquiries and claims.
a better way to control such riots/protests is to hem them into a confined space and then just wait until they get bored or fed up and go home. it also saves the public purse from all the ipcc investigations, inquiries and claims.
Generally dumb heavy handed techniques like bullets and tear gas tend to delight the blood lust of the Daily Mail tendency but play badly with the rest of the country.
Tends to drain public support for the police seeing some 18 stone copper beat the hell out of a 18 year old girl.
I have often wonderred about our reluctance to use water cannon - not directly but soaking a crowd tends to quell aggro without seeming overly disproportionate.
must be practical problems
Tends to drain public support for the police seeing some 18 stone copper beat the hell out of a 18 year old girl.
I have often wonderred about our reluctance to use water cannon - not directly but soaking a crowd tends to quell aggro without seeming overly disproportionate.
must be practical problems
Lazy Gun - Is it a democratic rite to use violence and criminal damage? I dont think anybody is questioning a citizens rite to peacefully protest. But, a percentage will use the cause as a reason to create havoc, because they enjoy it. Then guess what - the point of the protest is completely overshadowed!
Dr Filth....no....PEACEFUL is the operative word and this does not need harsh retaliation.
Violence to policeman and public property, cannot in any way be tolerated.....hence the rubber bullets and water cannons.....if you are injured then it is just "collateral damage"...........it happens you know.
Violence to policeman and public property, cannot in any way be tolerated.....hence the rubber bullets and water cannons.....if you are injured then it is just "collateral damage"...........it happens you know.
sqad some people on here would love to go back to the good old days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre
that will teach em, low life scum wanting rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre
that will teach em, low life scum wanting rights
My answer was neither for or against the use of rubber bullets, water cannons etc.. was there an assumption that I am all for maximum force by the police?
My point was FACT - there will always be a percentage of idiots that jump on the bandwagon and cause trouble because thats how they get their kicks. And when this happens it is very unfortunate as the peaceful demonstrators' cause doesnt get the headlines.
Now, the police have to action a reasonable response in the interests of everybody's safety and that will always be a tough call to make. If we did start firing rubber bullets in to a crowd somebody would have to stand up in court and demonstrate why this was the only resort left
My point was FACT - there will always be a percentage of idiots that jump on the bandwagon and cause trouble because thats how they get their kicks. And when this happens it is very unfortunate as the peaceful demonstrators' cause doesnt get the headlines.
Now, the police have to action a reasonable response in the interests of everybody's safety and that will always be a tough call to make. If we did start firing rubber bullets in to a crowd somebody would have to stand up in court and demonstrate why this was the only resort left