The cuffs are attached to what appears to be some sort of custody room bench.
That tweet is pathetic.
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That tweet is pathetic.
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Of course our UK police are all saints with just a few 'bad apples'.
ATTACK AND DETHRONE GOD. Total weeb.
If you searched my backpack a few years ago you may have freaked out, it was basically a toolbox. But then again you would have found me with a BMX, mountain bike or a fixie.
No doubt it's a PR exercise now to try and justify some of the obscene levels of force used and smear legitimate peaceful protesters whilst making the violence look more widespread than it is.
Disagree but fair enough!
I think the tools are okay but the bits I mentioned, like the knife etc, you can't carry around in the UK anyway for obvious reasons. The lighter fuel and other bits would also be a concern under the circumstances.
Absolutely.......DEFGAM 1
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The important question here is what the HELL is that shiny pink thing with blue eyes?
A NUCLEAR BOMB
Oh for feck’s sake. I’ve been trying to kid myself that they’ve been social distancing while protesting. That’s nuts. People are going to die as a consequence of this.
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I wonder if the police will be using kettling tactics again. Which would make a bad situation even worse.
Disagree about the cuffs being the police own, or about it being a pathetic tweet?
They’ve seemingly arrested one dude carrying some perfectly legal tools and took a bunch of photos of the same thinks over and over to make it look like there’s more than there is, and then used that to try and paint the protesters as the aggressors.
Also, not being allowed to carry knives in the UK is entirely irrelevant.
You're fishing for an argument which I can't be arsed with if I'm honest. I've said my thoughts on it and if you disagree that's fine. The US police have done plenty of awful things, and released plenty of ridiculous tweets, over the past few weeks but I just don't feel this was one of them.
"I see the peasants are revolting again, Liz."
"Oh god. What is it about now, Phil?"
"Probably something to do with that bloody yacht."
"I'll get on the blower to Churchill; get him to call the Hussars out."
"Good show. We'll see how the rabble like the taste of musket-shot."
"Oh god. What is it about now, Phil?"
"Probably something to do with that bloody yacht."
"I'll get on the blower to Churchill; get him to call the Hussars out."
"Good show. We'll see how the rabble like the taste of musket-shot."
Fishing for an argument on a discussion forum, capital offence.
Ooh. Nice. I want one.
I’m not fishing for anything, if you don’t want to discuss the comments you make then why the hell make them?
If you're anywhere near New York, the NYPD have one that you might be able to get for free.
WTF
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There's nothing more to discuss really is there. It's a photograph of items the police say they have seized from protesters. They are what they are. You think it's a pathetic tweet whilst I think the items are pretty dangerous and worthy of seizing.
The sledgehammer is the standout for me. I've repaired a few bikes in my time but every time I used a sledgehammer I fecked it up.
And so it begins
The act isn't really working when you're the one who began it. In fact, by replying "And so it begins" to my post, you're basically confirming that you're looking for an argument. You could have just ignored it.
If they're going to be that crass I'm suprised they didn't include the week after the towers came down.Disgusting creatures...
One of the graphics aired:
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There's no 'Black' theme to that event though. So there's your answer, mate.
You have a habit of making childish posts like that I guess. It's exactly whats being referred to in the Libcafe thread in part. Anyway I'll leave you to it.
That’s not very nice to watch but that’s an unnecessarily inflammatory tweat. Unless the words “beat him until he was unconscious” now mean “wrestled with him until he was in handcuffs”.
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@sammsky1 can you please put dates in your post when posting old videos. From the replies, that incident happened in July 2019.
I think it's a case of UK police brutality against non white people. Very relevant to todays protest. My opinion.
has context for todays protest in UK. Will do next time.
Again from a year or more ago and not as described. Not sure why you're positing that in here in any sense.
It is misleading. Makes people think it is from today's protest in London when it isn't.
Will state next time.
"Black Lives Matter...but actually only in a certain context and not when it applies to me because I'm going to willfully attend an organised protest that will cause people to catch and die from a virus that disproportionately affects black people"?
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Not sure that would fit on a placard.
More important to be seen protesting than actually help the cause you're protesting for, apparently.
Oh yeah, you're right Steve. I didn't see the overarching theme of those events.
Not true at all. Its now a massive US MSM TV story, which has also reported subsequent plot developments, ensuring even more exposure within social media.
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If you google his name you can find out the details.Youness Bentahar. Apparently he was asked 17 times to move his car, or produce his license. Then a 5 stage warning before they tried to arrest him. So it looks as though there were loads of opportunities for him to stop this escalating without any drama. I’m sure there are racists cops in the Uk but I don’t think this is a great example. Tweeting that today, without context, is pure rabble-rousing.
One of my mates has gone. Last weekend she was moaning about how unfair it is she has to get on a train to go to work because it isn't safe. Now she's off on the same train to mill about in a crowd of thousands, in the name of a cause that will be harmed more than helped as a result.
I hate people.