5/until she fell to the ground, of a reporter screaming at the police, as they attacked him, that he was a bystander and merely reporting.
This is not acceptable.
This was not necessary.
You need to train your police to have more discrimination as to whom they attack, to develop
6/better negotiating and crowd control skills, to act more wisely and productively rather than panic and lash out.
Had I been one of the seated protestors, or the young woman with the guitar, or the reporter, or anyone about to be trampled underfoot by your cavalry, I would sue
7/and pursue you to the 9th circle of hell.
Your actions were harmful and will only increase distrust.
We need a trustworthy, and a WISELY competent police force.
Yours etc
6/better negotiating & crowd control skills, to act more wisely and productively rather than panic and lash out.
Had I been one of the seated protestors, or the young woman with the guitar, or the reporter, or anyone about to be trampled underfoot by your cavalry, I would sue
7/and pursue you to the 9th circle of hell.
Your actions were harmful and will only increase distrust.
We need a trustworthy, and a WISELY competent police force.
Yours
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1/Dear PC March and PCC Mountstevens
I have always supported and respected the police force. This morning, however, I saw with horror the events of last night in Bristol.
The heavy-handed police behaviour was appalling, and can only
2/exacerbate an already fraught and volatile situation; I am amazed you chose to act in such a senseless and unproductive manner.
Initially, the situation was calm and peaceful. When certain hotheads and RentaMob thugs attempted to disrupt, your police attacked quite
3/indisciminately. Surely, with your resources, and intellignce you could have moved in on the troublemakers and removed them, without endangering the safety of the vast majority of peaceful protestors?
It is also disturbing to note that even initially when all was calm you
1. Sir Peter Fahy, former Greater Manchester Police chief constable told Times Radio there was a “real danger” that rushed legislation could make the job of the police “more difficult”, adding: “People need to be really worried about this.”
He said: “If we’ve learned one thing
2. this weekend, it’s the right to protest, the right to gather, the right to have a voice is fundamental to our democracy, and particularly British democracy.
“And bringing in legislation on the back of the Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion demonstrations, rushing
3. that legislation through, putting in some really dodgy definitions which the police are supposed to make sense of…
“Again, if we’ve learned one thing from the coronavirus legislation, (it) is that rushed legislation and unclear definitions cause huge confusion for the public