Re: G20 Police Assault - Disgraceful!

Cynic wrote:
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:41:49 +0100, "Steve Walker" <spam-trap@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hang on Cynic, I think Elmo's point is that the Police have behaved
like this for a long time and Turk is mistaken to blame the current
govt. I suspect you would agree with this.

I blame *any* government that has been in power for a significant
period of time and has failed to stop such behaviour. The present
government has, on the contrary, bent over backwards to *excuse* such
behaviour.

If the 'behaviour' that you are referring to was endemic and meted out by the majority of officers policing the protest, I might accept your point. In actuality, it is only a few officers who 'lose their rag' who act in this way. That is not to excuse their actions - simply point out that it is not common practice.

Ret.

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