i sure do, he gets very upset when we talk about how shit the police are
his proudest moments on the force were 'beating hippies protesting at a power plant', 'arresting a 14 year old girl who called him a pig' and 'discovering a dead body that had somehow hooked itself up to an electric circuit by means of the most painful suicide ever'
(quintsy, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:49, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Can't blame him for beating the hippies, they probably deserved it.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:52, Reply)

if it was a fair fight, sure
i don't know what they were protesting about, but maybe they had a point, whether it was pollution or god knows what

either way, from the sound of it a couple of vans full of riot police turned up and laid into them, unprovoked. from what i've garnered from people in any of the forces, they're boys clubs, gangs of people who go around doing whatever the fuck tehy want
(quintsy, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:54, Reply)

No denying the police is full of cunts, same as any other industry
Just a bit fucked up that the police are allowed to use batons whilst others can't do shit.

Then again, I did support the police breaking heads in the riots last year.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:56, Reply)

You should see the documentary on the Battle of the Beanfield.
It's scary as fuck.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:55, Reply)

more hippies?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:56, Reply)

Police savagery on a scale that had the ITN reporter almost in tears.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:57, Reply)

Is that a colour a shade lighter than elephant grey?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:59, Reply)

i might have a look on the old youtubes for that one.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:01, Reply)

It's really shocking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JCkUZAwvEA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3YtmBD_thM
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:06, Reply)

I know it's 'ha ha crusties' etc but some of those guys were really alright
and the police acted like animals.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:07, Reply)

no, i've just been reading about it,
it looks like the police had no real way of stopping them, so they got an injunction (which is questionable in itself) and then when the hippes started being a bit cheeky and trying go round the roadblocks, the police went a bit mental.
It actually looks like an interesting case, I'm surprised I've not heard of it, i love this sort of thing.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:10, Reply)

They were guilty of trespass and having illegal vehicles
and were dragged through their smashed windscreens by their hair, in front of their kids, and beaten with truncheons, at about 6am. It's disproportionate in the extreme. I'm not saying the convoy weren't a dodgy bunch and I did feel a bit sorry for the farmers whose land was ruined by festivals but the footage is disgusting.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:17, Reply)

Why is it presented by somegreybloke?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:09, Reply)

Because you're gay?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:13, Reply)

Hmm it's an interesting theory.
Flicking through those videos the injuries sustained are consistent with what I have witnessed on a demonstration broken up by police - everyone bleeding from the backs of their heads as they have been belted with a baton while trying to run away.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:15, Reply)

Wasn't that just a fight in YMs flat?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:57, Reply)

this is your first click in quite some time, well done

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:58, Reply)

well,
if he's representative of the current Police force, then I for one might start committing more crimes.
On a more serious note, there was an article in the paper the other day about how a lot of the problems stem from the lawyers being to smart, and there being too many ways to get off on a technicality, so although a man is guilty, and very obviously so, just becuase a copper didn't change his shirt between checking different evidence samples it gets thrown out*

obviously this is an exaggeration, but you get my point.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 11 Oct 2012, 10:53, Reply)

Very much this
that is why more and more laws keep getting brought in, classic example using a mobile while driving. Driving without due care and attention already covered it, but too many arrogant twats with expensive lawyers weaseled out of it, so we got a new law.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:09, Reply)

I know it is a lawyers job to try and defend their client,
but when there is such a raft of evidence, there must be a way to get the buggers in jail.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 11 Oct 2012, 11:11, Reply)