Policing in Blair’s Kind of Democracy
September 29, 2006 by Ken
Filed under We used to live in a Democracy
From The Independent letter page
Sir: One of Tony Blair’s most important domestic achievements has to be the greater sense of security we now enjoy in
A small group of protesters made the threatening gesture of attempting to release balloons into the air bearing messages of peace and opposition to war. This disturbance of the peace was dealt with quickly and effectively by members of the huge police force present there, who surrounded, then jostled, pushed and threatened those involved, including children and the elderly.
Whilst watching this take place I was issued a warning for committing a public order offence. Another young man observing these events wasn’t so fortunate; for committing the crime of asking the police if they thought their response was excessive, he was wrestled to the ground by six officers, arrested, had a DNA sample taken and given an £80 fine.
It’s lucky that so many police officers were drafted into
One young PC told us that we were lucky to be living in a democracy. In Tony Blair’s
JAMES ALFRED
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