sadly at least for those of us who live in the capital, this is not surprising, there is almost one protest after another here, i don't venture far these days, in part of because of these types of demonstrations Having watched the video a number of times, i am deeply sickened by the hatred that came out of these mens mouths. London is the dumping ground for the...
//There is no such thing as a "The right not to be inconvenienced or annoyed"//
I know there isn't. But there should be. It would help me come round to your point of view if you could explain to me what people who march down the streets with banners and slogans hope to achieve. It would also help if you could give me some examples where non-violent protest (the only variation which is allowed under the law) met those aims.
In recent history? Not very much admittedly... you have me there. Even so, I do not think it would be acceptable to simply ban all public protests... for one thing, they would continue happening anyway and thus the police would be forced to constantly "crack down" on citizens peacefully (and annoyingly) expressing their views - which is not very consistent with a democratic state, would harm the UK's image as a free society and would be an even worse waste of police resources than what happens now. I also think it is simply immoral to ban free expression that does not incite hatred or violence...
these protests rarely end peacefully, and they DO interfere with daily life for many. The last one has disgusting comments about Jews, and so forth, i know the men have been caught and bailed, but watch them walk off with no more than a slap on the wrist. I don't want to witness such offerings. Once one could go to Hyde Park and expound on a soapbox, now its every time there is some upset around the world London gets involved.
thank all politicians, they haven't dealt with this problem ever. when they send in the police, they get castigated and hauled over the coals every time.
problem is, if the police went in hard they would get sued for injuries and castigated, erm we have a police state, everyone gather for a riot.
human rights grievances, officers named and shamed, houses where they live probably pelted with rocks, wives children harassed etc..
its become toothless and humiliated with a lot of officers leaving
you get certain parts of london where police get rocks and bottles thrown at them, certain estates that i think you can guess.
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