> On 19 Aug, 09:49, %%ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

>> Doug riseup.net> wrote:

>>> I suppose the police are too busy harassing peaceful protesters to do
>>> this job themselves.

>> A peaceful protester brought the M25 to a standstill last week.
>> Something that you no doubt dream about. He was protesting about one of
>> your old hobby horses, you hit and run semen depositor.
>>
>> So what did the police do? They left him largely alone for seven hours
>> until he decided to climb down from the motorway gantry.
>>
>> The police gave a clear statement:
>>
>> 'A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said that despite queues that
>> stretched for 19km (12 miles) on the M25 and 32km (20 miles) on the M4,
>> the decision to allow the man to stay on the gantry all day was made by
>> the senior officer at the scene.
>>
>> "He has the right to protest peacefully. It is entirely a matter for the
>> senior officer," she said.'
>>
>> Note that Duhng. The *Police* consider that individuals have a right to
>> protest peacefully and as long as that protest is *peaceful* then the
>> individual will be permitted to protest unmolested.
>>
>> That tells us a great deal about the protestors you support. Because
>> it's clear that the rentamob crowds go equipped for violence and
>> criminal damage.

>
> Well, Filth, the police are always coming out with 'people have a
> right to protest peacefully' but it doesn't stop them harassing
> protesters with stop-n-search or arrests without charge etc. I was
> amused by the media making a big deal out of the arrests of protesters
> and journalists at the the Beijing Olympics cos exactly the same thing
> happens here on a regular basis.
>
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