How little we learn, how much we forget
Of course the Police had grounds for beating him- he appeared drunk. Remember Liddle Towers? Killed in police custody for being drunk and disorderly. No one charged.
Sarcasm mode off. To the several - fortunately few - posters on here, and the Sun editorial team. So what if he was had taken his time to get home. So what if he *was* deliberately walking slowly in front of the police (maybe after they had given him some verbal beforehand?) Are you condoning the offier's actions on the basis of "provocation"? If so, I suggest that the next time you are provoked, then assault the individual concerned and claim "provocation" as a defence. Then be surpised when it is dismissed and you are found guilty.
Regdraless whether he was taking his own sweet time gettig home, or watching the events, it is no excuse for an officer of the law to push and beat someone to the ground. There is no law - yet - that prevents us from walking the streets. Which is all he was doing.
The police have a difficult job to do, granted. But if they want our respect, then they have to be whiter than white. The problem is, too many of them seem to - no, DO - appear to enjoy their position of authority, and are only to willing to act without question. A typical example? Look at the trreatment given to the Glouster protestors in 2003... the application of almost draconian policing, and not even a murmur from the mainstream media.
And we wonder why the current executive feel emboldended to propose more and more restrictive legislation... eroding the right to protest, the right to free speech, the right to pivacy, habeaus corpeus, presumption of innocence, strict offences, retrospective criminalistion,....
My brother had the right idea... moved to Oz
Biting the hand that feeds IT
