@JonathanWiltsh7 @BethRigby @SkyNews @ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty Maybe the acceptable line for you is two police
Officers being stabbed to death because they worried about people like you critiquing from the comfort of their arm chair
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The key difference here is that @TheGreenParty have openly condemned the actions of the 2 candidates, whereas the Met are openly targeting Zack for his rightful questioning of police conduct.
We've all seen the video. There has to be some accountability here. Yes, these officers acted in a difficult situation but where is the line drawn?
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Mark Rowley on @SkyNews re his open letter to @ZackPolanski.
“I'm not getting involved in politics. I'm dealing with operations. I need my officers to have confidence to tackle the most difficult and dangerous individuals. Of course, there's always going to be sort of, sort of eccentricity and nonsense online.
“But if an eminent person steps into operational policing and, sort of criticises officers in a way that can undermine their confidence to act, I need to support that…. He has stepped into operational policing with his criticism & inaccuracies & I need to put that straight”
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@owenjonesjourno @LewisCarter5 Shooting them usually works but I guess they got to him before the ARV. That would really give you something to wail and clutch your pearls over
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@LewisCarter5 You're not actually engaging with what I wrote. Do you think this is an effective way to prevent someone blowing themselves up and killing people?
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Hold on - what?
If police officers think someone might be carrying explosives, protocol is to kick them in the head repeatedly like this?
Is that actual police protocol?
If so, how is it a wise police protocol?
Can someone explain the reasoning?
Sky News@SkyNews
.@KamaliMelbourne: 'The video of the Golders Green terror attack arrest shows the officers kicking this individual in the head. Is that appropriate force to use?' Met Police Commissioner: "In most situations it wouldn't be reasonable, but in that situation it was reasonable."
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@JonathanWiltsh7 @ZoeJardiniere If an ARV got there first they would most likely have shot him. Then you’d be really clutching your pearls and whining
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Completely agree.
I don't know where the line is in terms of use of force depending on the various factors involved here, but would seriously like an answer as to where that line stands in the law, and in this situation, whether that line crossed or not.
People have a right to ask for that clarification without being lambasted.
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You cannot tell me you watch this video and think the police behaviour needs no explanation.
Owen Jones@owenjonesjourno
Hold on - what? If police officers think someone might be carrying explosives, protocol is to kick them in the head repeatedly like this? Is that actual police protocol? If so, how is it a wise police protocol? Can someone explain the reasoning?
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It is absolutely correct and proper for politicians to scrutinise the actions of the police force.
It is completely unacceptable for the police force to comment on and get involved in politics.
Mark Rowley should resign.
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@InspGadgetBlogs You are a shitty bigoted person who loves the leader of an institutionally racist police force attacking a Jewish leader for a repost of a legitimate question of did police officers need to boot the suspect 4 times in the head potentially killing him…
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The Left are going bonkers over Rowleys letter to the simpleton Polanski, and it's glorious.
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@WestminLegal @JENBROOK8 @ZackPolanski That noise zzzzzzz is the paper shredder in the commissioners office binning all the woke complaints …….
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@JENBROOK8 @ZackPolanski IOPC will send it to the Met in the first instance- but not Rowley’s office, so worth doing if you want.
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I am told the Independent Office for Police Complaints has already received HUNDREDS of representations about Sir Mark Rowley’s ill-judged letter to @ZackPolanski
It is clear the Met Police Commissioner has overstepped the mark.
Make your complaint here
policeconduct.gov.uk/complaints/sub…
Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.” Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
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@WestminLegal @Phildidgee @ZackPolanski Appears to? He either has or he hasn’t. Anyway stop being a armchair critic and support the police
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@Phildidgee @ZackPolanski The point is Rowley appears to have breached the Police Code of Ethics and potentially the Policing Act 2003 by sending this letter.
What do you think about the police wading into politics?
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@malonebarry That’s the closest response from a commissioner telling Zac to fuck off and stop being a melt
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Sorry. Isn’t the Met legally prohibited from engaging in political activity? This letter to Zack Polanski, and the decision to publish it here, certainly doesn’t seem apolitical.
Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.” Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
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@malonebarry Polanski is not an MP, he’s a private citizen and in these days of jailing people up for tweets. I’d say he got off lightly.
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@malonebarry There's no mention of politics in it. They're just calling him a fucking idiot.
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@OldblueAyeAyes @malonebarry “Never find the bath”…outstanding. You win Twitter today sir!!!!
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@malonebarry Who knew that everyone on the nonce Left were experts at tasers, arresting people, and now the law as regarding policing.
You fuckers can never find the bath, though.
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@malonebarry Isn’t political just correcting a misinformed view - or can’t you see that
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@PhilipProudfoot You melt - Green Party lack of support to a terrorist attack show how out of step you are.
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As Greens we are entering the biggest test of our resolve.
The establishment — from Ed Balls to the Metropolitan Police — have entered into the extreme derangement stage.
We must ensure the lessons of 2017-2019 were learned.
Attack bad faith bullshit. Do not entertain it.
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The Metropolitan Police denouncing a party leader a week before elections - over a retweet.
This is outrageous.
Forget what you think about the retweet.
If you accept this sort of police interference in our democracy, you legitimise a deeply disturbing precedent.
Metropolitan Police@metpoliceuk
“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.” Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.
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@InspGadgetBlogs The Police's job is to send suspects to jail not to the morgue.
Corpses cannot face justice.
Police shooting people is a failure.
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The police officers kicking this terrorist in the head is a direct result of a lack of firearms. The Taser takes him down but does not disarm him. In any other country, the terrorist would be dead. #BackTheBlue
Breaking911@Breaking911
WILD TAKEDOWN: British Police arrest a terrorist who stabbed two Jews in the Golders Green neighborhood of London. One victim is in serious condition.
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@NorisMcSquirter @InspGadgetBlogs Not sure worrying about optics was a consideration. Maybe today they are thinking g will the Met throw them under the bus. Just depends on which way the wind blows
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@InspGadgetBlogs Nice to see officers using a reasonable use of force without worrying about the optics of it. Well done to them.
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@InspGadgetBlogs You missed the video of the police running away from him at first?
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