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Should have pepper sprayed her 
Arrested for asking a policeman his badge number
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Should have pepper sprayed her
The lot should be arrested and burnt in coal power stations. These people have IQs less than a fish and are utterly stupid and brainwashed.
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That's no way to speak about the police .......
Von Smallhausen, could the policeman have been trying to stop her from complaining about him?
Do ridiculous complaints (that aren't true) cause officers a lot of bother? I should imagine there would be paperwork and interview's with PS, but if someone complains with an unfounded complaint, do you still worry about it in the back of your mind or just shake it off?
Do ridiculous complaints (that aren't true) cause officers a lot of bother? I should imagine there would be paperwork and interview's with PS, but if someone complains with an unfounded complaint, do you still worry about it in the back of your mind or just shake it off?
Because you're a policeman?
The newspapers are running photos which clearly show one policeman grabbing the protester by the throat with his hands. Is this standard procedure when a member of the public asks for your badge number?
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Probably not, but it should be.
Pretty much my thoughts, it's very easy for a video to be edited to remove what led up to the events (or even as is often the case with the likes of CCTV for it to not get the full picture due to angle etc).
I can think of a few reasons officers might not have their numbers on display (IIRC they are removable and can get mucky/damaged and officers may not have spares on them/might not have time to move them from one bit of kit to another), without any ill intention.
I tend to take any such video "evidence" that just happens to catch part of the action (usually after the officers start doing something) with a box of Saxo.
Same thing happened to an old freind of mine when we were teenagers - He was being a stupid little **** and the copper just lost his cool and nicked him..
He deserved it tbh - This women did too. Look at em in the hoody tops and all wearing sunglasses. They are being as idiotic as the coppers.
He deserved it tbh - This women did too. Look at em in the hoody tops and all wearing sunglasses. They are being as idiotic as the coppers.
I was under the impression even if you're being arrested you still have the right to know a police officer's badge number? Therefore irrespective of what they'd done prior or whether they were being irritating they should have still supplied the requested information.
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
You'd think given the massive rise in consumer video recording devices that the Police would be more careful. They don't seem to be out the news nowadays.
The protestors have a right to peaceful protest even if it is a stupid cause! I take it these people use electricity? Where do they think it comes from...
You'd think given the massive rise in consumer video recording devices that the Police would be more careful. They don't seem to be out the news nowadays.
The protestors have a right to peaceful protest even if it is a stupid cause! I take it these people use electricity? Where do they think it comes from...
And the right to know what you're being arrested for, surely? And, I would hope, the right to know why a policeman is seizing you by the throat when you've done nothing wrong.
Not in Mussolini's Britain, apparently.
Interesting fact: this is a police video; it was not taken by the protesters.
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The usual apologist responses are why I refrained from posting this yesterday when it appeared.
Those arrested in the video weren't protesting against the power station. They were monitoring the behaviour of police teams and they stand particularly against innocent protesters being filmed and having details amassed about them.
It would be far from the first time police have harassed people for monitoring their behaviour.
We'll probably see that around the same time as Kent police find a police force prepared to collude in writing a report on the whole saga that matches their constantly evolving version of events. They are on attempt three right now.
Those arrested in the video weren't protesting against the power station. They were monitoring the behaviour of police teams and they stand particularly against innocent protesters being filmed and having details amassed about them.
It would be far from the first time police have harassed people for monitoring their behaviour.
We'll probably see that around the same time as Kent police find a police force prepared to collude in writing a report on the whole saga that matches their constantly evolving version of events. They are on attempt three right now.
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Partly.
Well on the countless times that my number has been asked for, no.
I can't see the justification for grabbing around the throat, even for a photograph to be taken for which the Criminal Justice aand Public Order Act empowers police to do and to use reasonable force to do so.
The OP is about the female being arrested for asking for a badge number and I stick by my comments that I do not believe that was the reason for her arrest as the offence does not exist.
The arresting officer cited obstructing police for his grounds and if the arrestee wishes a day in court to argue to the contrary the that is her right, as is complaining against her treatment and arrest.
I'm sure they're a bunch of hippies and they should get a ****** job and stop wasting their lives.
But the police should get over themselves and stop acting like the gestapo when anyone asks them for their badge or takes a photo, what do they think is going to happen?
But the police should get over themselves and stop acting like the gestapo when anyone asks them for their badge or takes a photo, what do they think is going to happen?
This video was taken by the police themselves.
This is footage filmed by the police, what morons to film their own officers abusing the public.
And yes this is abuse of power whichever way you want to look at it.
No charges were bought, because there were no charges to face.
Another compo claim about to be paid out from the public purse because of police brutality.
And yes this is abuse of power whichever way you want to look at it.
No charges were bought, because there were no charges to face.
Another compo claim about to be paid out from the public purse because of police brutality.
Funny thing is its police footage that was leaked, they seemed very heavy handed for no reason, what happen to pulling someone to one side and giving them a talk, I never saw any police obstruction, they only made an arrest when they asked for the badge numbers and took photos.
Hippes don't live in the real world but treating them like criminals for no reason is just crazy.
Hippes don't live in the real world but treating them like criminals for no reason is just crazy.
I've watched the first two parts and I can't watch any more "zomg we parked on double yellow lines", give me a break, most of the things she is claiming happened were not even shown on film, nor can we verify the authenticity of any of the video she shot.
Non-standard procedure doesn't make it illegal procedure.
Everybody see that? Great.
Indeed. But why did the cop refuse to give his badge number? It's a funny old world when the police refuse to identify themselves, don't you think? "If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide". And so on, and so forth.
Both women were released without charge. Oops!