Quote Originally Posted by Dorcus View Post
The mere fact the police are fallible as you admit demands that they behave with more restraint. If you don't believe this latest behaviour is intolerable then you are even more myopic than I thought you were.
Thing is, you and others wanted disorder. That's what you wanted. Most didn't. The police's job was to prevent it and if they suspected disorder they acted to prevent it.

There were large peaceful protests on the day, which were highlighted on TV.

Police clearly felt that some people did not intend to peacefully protest. I am sure we can all believe that scenario. There's a lot of hate expressed on this board alone, so it's not hard to imagine such a scenario.

If the police have acted unlawfully there are avenues for the people in question - the media have already given them more of a lift up in that regard than many are afforded!