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Our brave police force. 5 coppers take an old aged pensioner down in Sheffield.
Our brave police force. 5 coppers take an old aged pensioner down in Sheffield.
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@irishone There were loads of protestors and the fact that they were mainly old meant that people could not merely push them out of the way. I'm only passing on what happened to someone I know and who got embroiled in that. They also witnessed the 5 cops manhandling the oap.
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I think it is somewhat ironic that you state "Peaceful protest is okay until you start forcing it on others" ......... mmmmmmmmmmmmm ..... so it is o k to write numerous letters of complaint that get ignored, numerous phone calls that don't get answered , but when you become active by using chanting or a shouting force or act as an impedement to make people take note ...... the police will come in with a much bigger force to shut you up ? Basically the use of force by human beings on other human beings is against human rights isn't it ?
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Sorry but I can't follow your logic in relationship to my posts. I was not defending the action the police took.
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Aka ... surely not a breakdown in communication L O L ?
 .... the logic is very simple ... if you don't listen and try to think about or understand what people are saying ..... you usually end up coming off worse. |
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Ah well by your logic the oap couldn't have listened to the police.
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Didn't see much police action when the Tottenham riots kicked off and spread over London a few years ago.
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ACAB, fact, that is all. . .
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your respect for the u k police aka appears to be somewhat ill founded
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Your lack of ability for reading and understanding posts is somewhat sad.
I'll spell it out for you: 1 The police were heavy handed and out of order for the way they dealt with the oap. 2 The protestors were a pain in the 4rse to the other commuters. Two different arguments, I sincerely hope you have managed to comprehend  |
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I think the Police are no different to other tax funded bodies...
I often wonder whether we get value for money from the police, schools, nhs, fire service. Etc |
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BTW try to post without insulting other posters, I know this is difficult for people like you but do try.
Where is the insult? You seem to be struggling on this thread aka! Being called ignorant is not an insult, unless of course you do not understand what the word ignorant means. But that would be ignorant.  |
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Anyone had recent dealings with the Police?
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I have and was left bewildered by the Sheffield CID`s attitude about an assult on a young lady. I was more or less told
it was nothing and to forget it and carry on. |
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Weak as p1ss
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I have Shane, and i live in Sheffield same as you pal. It seems that if thieves/vandals smash their way into you property and rob you,the first question from the police seems to be `are you insured..?`
If the answer is yes, then they won`t waste resources or their own time in chasing it up..they don`t want to know. |
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I`ve emailed the TV producers and instructed them not to show any more of that tripe they showed the other night.
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Show the City in a more positive light like the hype Cities.
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They are wanting to film on a street in Woodthorpe for the next Benefit scrounger bashing programme. They should be told to feck off. Every time the City is on TV it`s shown in a poor light.
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The police must act within the law. The youths that they wanted to move on were not committing any offence. They had every right to gather where they did unless one can provide evidence of anti-social behaviour.
It is because of those who accuse the police of being brutal or bent hat they are so tightly constrained in what action they may take. The police would probably love the chance to shift these youths...and it wouldn't take long! But that is not permitted. Sorry i stopped reading right there , there is no Law |
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Mc Moonbeam 25 Jun 14 00:37
I'm a respectful kinda guy .. but the Police don't deserve respecting back .. they do a crooked job with contempt !!!!! Yeh right ! |
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three lots you cant trust ..... politicians, estate agents and the police
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and nigerians
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The guy was lucky he didn't end up in the station, or he could have joined the 1487 other people who have died in police custody or after contact with the Police since 1990.
I'll leave you to look up how many of those people had their deaths followed up by a successful prosecution of the Police officers involved. But I'll give you a clue, it's a nice round number. |
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Moonbeam.The law I refer to is something to do with you can't just beat people up for no reason. Even if you're a copper. Hence the bit about 'within the law'.
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so they broke it then
 Just because you've never been beaten up by them Naydam , i don't think you quite realize what goes on in the real world , so please put your text book away !! |
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I think you will find that I was commenting on why the police were not able to 'move on' a gang of youths.
They did hat they could and asked them politely to move. The kids refused. The officers had no powers of arrest so they acted within the constraints of the law. If they had beaten up one or two of them, some people would have accused them of police brutality. |
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Clouseau
25 Jun 14 13:32 Joined: 03 Jan 11 | Topic/replies: 930 | Blogger: Clouseau's blog Actually probably safer for the bloke to have 5 plod arresting him than just the one. One police officer would necessarily have to use more force to restrain him if he was acting up and that could have easily caused an injury to either one... and just because he was an OAP doesn't mean he was a weakling. I've seen plenty of over 65s who could do a bit of damage to others. Yeh, me too. Loads of 'em. Here's one example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXwSJlpVwc |
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that's one tasty old bro..fast hands
the posts below the clip defo wouldn't have been allowed on here |