Bristol Riots

[gulliver1]

Enough is enough .Never mind the water cannons Time for the Uk Police Force to be armed . They need to be protected against these animal rioters.

[ummmm]

Link?

[Jackdaw33]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-56461796

[ummmm]

It is shameful but I wouldn't want the police to be armed

[ToraToraTora]

Link?

[ToraToraTora]

dam savages should never see the light of day again.

[DTCwordfan]

Neither would I, as this would encourage rioters and ordinary criminals to arm themselves too. Yes, it's appalling behaviour and there seems to be a lot of s-stirrers living in Bristol at the moment, what with this and Coulson.

[ummmm]

TTT, where are we going to detain all these damn savages?

[ToraToraTora]

.....a freezing wind blown Island somewhere? we have plenty.

[ToraToraTora]

Bristol does seem to be full of wronguns at the mo.

[gulliver1]

Trouble is , the criminals rioters etc know the British Police are a soft target. They wouldn't dare answer back to armed police like in the rest of Europe .

[emmie]

no to arming all the police, its not our way, let the Americans go off and do that.

[emmie]

sorry got that wrong gulliver, there were riots in EU - see link

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/protests-erupt-across-europe-over-230116305.html

[Old_Geezer]

There is no time to control citizens with firearms. That's what inadequate uncivilised societies do. Having them as a reserve force when necessary is sufficient.

Anyway the precedent that police do nothing is already established. Pull down a statue owned by the community and throw it into the river and no one goes to gaol; plus the statue isn't put back but hidden away in some museum, thus rewarding rioting.

[ummmm]

We do have armed police. Just go to an airport and you'll see them,

[bobbinwales]

Water canons wont happen. No guns either. But maybe use tasers more for example those climbing on top of the police van. Its not possable to arrest everyone but a wish more should be done to isolate and pick out maybe twenty at each protest. force them to quaranntine in a cell while there tested and charge them with covid breaches and anything else that might stick. Maybe theyll be seen as martyr's but on balance it might deter quite a few.

[emmie]

but not to the level of say USA.

[emmie]

water cannons were sold off by sadiq khan, and most of our police don't want to be armed.

[gulliver1]

Emmie ,UK is still in Europe.

[emmie]

not anymore.

[emmie]

European Union, which we are free of as you well know.