Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
It is about respect, and anyone who heckles and protests at a funeral is very disrespectful and likely a total arsehole.

But it isn't illegal to be an arsehole, and if done respectfully and plainly in a non-violent way then that should be no problem; a part of the tolerance we all need to show in a civilised society.

The issue the police face I guess is in a threat to the peace, in much the same way that a placard peacefully slagging off Allah at a Muslim clerics funeral would not purely be viewed as a peaceful protest, even if the act itself absolutely is.
Your right of course , without being too disrespectful towards the police ( who put up with so much personal abuse) from protesters, you do wonder how well they do keep there tempers , police get : spat at , abused , racial insult , sexist remarks, many other dreadful things chucked at them for just doing their job , just trying to keep control.


Its rather interesting how demonstrators don't seem to get the same critics when attacking a police person .

The days of respect are long gone ( even on this board ) including so called peace loving demonstrators some of whom are simply hired thugs , yes someone funds this one City not far from us , has a very lucrative paid up workforce ..

If you stand back and watch any demonstration long enough you will spot the real demonstrators from the guns for hire ...

Extinction Rebellion protests alone have cost police Ł60million since 2019.

Police service for the Greater London area, (excluding City of London) and its 8.6 million residents..

43k officers/ staff in the Met , which is by far the largest police service in UK , and costs approximately 25% of the total police budget for England and Wales. just imagine how many more officers could be solving crimes if we had less strain on the Met just from less Demonstrations or peaceful ones , I'm not advocating this , but lets think on how many people suffer from crime because of that strain on this police budget .

One other key point and that's terrorism , you can easily embed your self into a group of demonstrators for all the wrong reasons and get near enough to something / someone to cause serous problems, hence the zero tolerance approach by the police , as you would never know would you ??? who in the crowd is for real or not ??

Up the revolution , all for a well meaning cause I'm sure , which one though is up for debate ?????