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Watching the detectives
Jun. 24th, 2009 10:58 pmFinally got around to watching the footage of two women being held by the throat, cuffed behind their back, and dragged to the ground for having the temerity to ask a police officer for their badge number. After which they were put in a cell, refused bail and not allowed to see their solicitor until the morning.
After which, of course, all charges were dropped.
They're barely even pretending that they're not using violence to dissuade people from trying to keep their behaviour legal - and now they've won legal restrictions on photographing and filming them, restrictions that film like this and the footage of the death of Ian Tomlinson clearly demonstrate the danger of.
I can't believe that the public can be distracted for weeks by footling nonsense like MPs fiddling their expenses. This sort of thing is by orders of magnitude a far greater threat to democracy than any duck house.
After which, of course, all charges were dropped.
They're barely even pretending that they're not using violence to dissuade people from trying to keep their behaviour legal - and now they've won legal restrictions on photographing and filming them, restrictions that film like this and the footage of the death of Ian Tomlinson clearly demonstrate the danger of.
I can't believe that the public can be distracted for weeks by footling nonsense like MPs fiddling their expenses. This sort of thing is by orders of magnitude a far greater threat to democracy than any duck house.
