There’s a turnaround for the books: during Saturday’s KillTheBill protest in London, the crowd effectively kettled the police.
Now whether this occurred due to good planning on the side of the protesters or bad planning by the police, it is refreshing to see the police being subjected to intimidation for a change.
My limited experience in protest marching leads me to find it hard to believe that the crowd was trained to perform this manoeuvre but rather that is a case of the Police being untrained to deal with a situation where they don’t have the upper hand; in addition, it would appear that the Police management (like all management) is incompetent.
I take comfort from the fear that was evident in the actions of the individual cops, some of whom had lost their Easter bonnets, leaving their pink cock-heads exposed to the elements.
Now whether this occurred due to good planning on the side of the protesters or bad planning by the police, it is refreshing to see the police being subjected to intimidation for a change.
My limited experience in protest marching leads me to find it hard to believe that the crowd was trained to perform this manoeuvre but rather that is a case of the Police being untrained to deal with a situation where they don’t have the upper hand; in addition, it would appear that the Police management (like all management) is incompetent.
I take comfort from the fear that was evident in the actions of the individual cops, some of whom had lost their Easter bonnets, leaving their pink cock-heads exposed to the elements.
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