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Passion without Violence
- Thread starter Metal Green Mickey
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Andy in Peverell":ktwlb96g said:
I was caught in a similar situation last season whilst outside the Lyndhurst before the game. I was behind block 8 roughly when an altercation seemed to flare up around block 15 area. A police horse reacted and smashed into my back, cutting and bruising my ankle and heel whilst knocking me from my feet. I was obviously a bit shocked and when I got back to my feet, I found a copper shouting in my face that i was causing an obstruction. He continued to add he would arrest me if I didn't walk forwards immediately (my shoe was 10 yards back where I was initially hit and shunted forwards).
My personal situation had a policeman shouting at me and if anything, making me more angry than I already was by accusing me of being in the wrong. His tactic seemed like he wanted me to react. I didn't fall for it however.
I did complain to the officer in charge of the operation, who made me aware that due to the amount of police required, it wasn't necessarily football trained or local police involved, which always seemed to hamper their operation.
Strangely I went to the game against my local rivals, had a pint and a pasty, realised after 10min's that this was going to be a grind due to the poor start we made, and was proven right. I then sat through a game where my team were totally outplayed, saw a loud away set of fans whilst our fans were muted. Even with all this happening, I didn't go looking for trouble under the stands at half time, and have no sympathy for those who did.
I then sat for 45 mins in the car park without moving due to the Police flushing their fans out of the ground. I watched little tough guys going face to face with the Police, and them coolly accept it. And at no time did I feel the need to slag off some stranger for following his side like I do mine, nothing as strange as folk.
I then sat for 45 mins in the car park without moving due to the Police flushing their fans out of the ground. I watched little tough guys going face to face with the Police, and them coolly accept it. And at no time did I feel the need to slag off some stranger for following his side like I do mine, nothing as strange as folk.
PL2 3DQ":pavl18kn said:
Yup let's take example from the yanks, guns work so very well for them now don't they.
This isn't going to prevent a terrorist, this is merely going to get some poor innocent civilian shot by an inexperienced or undertrained officer who should never have been armed.
PL2 3DQ":1tutmhej said:
The world has changed--unfortunately world events tend to pass by the type of trogs who occasionally infest football matches--might also explain why the Police were a little 'highly strung'.
Ollieargyle9":15pa7paw said:
Armed officers are most definitely not undertrained. The training they go through is rigorous and intense. Prevention is better than cure and the mere presence of armed officers deployed at sporting events will deter terrorists from turning it into a bloodbath. I can't recall any unarmed innocent civilians being shot dead by Devon & Cornwall Police so they must be doing something right!
