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That's a fair point and I retract it.
My dude :heart:
Hmm.
It’s all kicking off in Bristol
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My dude :heart:
I wonder what your thoughts on the Capitol riots are.
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And by "literally doing noting" you mean maintaining a cordon and keeping an area secure.
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If you film them making it, when they’re finished, switch off the camera and shout “That’s a wrap!”
A distinct lack of chaos, it actually looks like a peaceful protest, unless I’m missing something?
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The broken police station windows, the burnt police vans, the officers injuries?
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That Ruptly video said that it is "funded in whole or in part by the Russian government".
Anything to do with the Russian gov't (or own own gov't for that matter) is to be taken with a pinch of salt!
It didn't play for me anyway. Just the spinning circle of death.
Anything to do with the Russian gov't (or own own gov't for that matter) is to be taken with a pinch of salt!
It didn't play for me anyway. Just the spinning circle of death.
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Even rioters need refreshment breaks.
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What a bizarre point of view.
Standing there shouting = peaceful protest
Assaulting officers, burning vans, smashing windows = non peaceful protest
Comprende?
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No opinion on the bill, but Bristol seems to be a huge magnet for these undesirable types, rivalled only by Brighton & parts of London, & I support the police in robustly dealing with them.
When either results in police violence, or legal charges, may as well make the most commotion, surely? It is a protest after all.
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I must say i agree with this sentiment.
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There’s a big difference between disruptive and dangerous
On bbc news now.
On bbc news now.
New policing bill makes disruption equally illegal too, so who's to say!
Order has now been restored. Unless you invent time travel you’re never going to be able to stop violence in any scenario. Using violence as an excuse to increase powers around protesting is a slippery slope...
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It's not the government that wanted more power to deal with these violent protests, it was the Police. After the 2019 riots they went into a consultation phase with the government at the time was Theresa May as they wanted more tools to deal with situations like this, as they felt powerless during the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations at the start of the summer 2019.
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A lot of the problems with these protests is that the genuine protestors are actually peaceful, but there’s a group who see every protest as an opportunity for violence.
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Yep and they should be dealt with in a manor appropriate. This bill isn't banning your ability to protest, you can still do so, but if your little group gets roudy, loud and disrupts the public then they can act. How many thousands of people trying to get to work in London couldn't because roads were blocked by protesters or people had glued themselves to trains etc, that won't happen with this bill.
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