{"id":8626,"date":"2018-11-21T09:31:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T08:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2018-11-21T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T08:36:09","slug":"contempt-breeds-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/8626\/","title":{"rendered":"Contempt breeds contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend a couple of readers alerted me to a video that was doing the rounds on Twitter of what looked like a couple of diminutive British police officers patrolling downtown Mogadishu. Inevitably for that part of the world, a bunch of hooded thugs gave the two – a man and a woman – a good thrashing. I later learned that the incident happened in London and the tweet had been deleted. Now we have Plod bleating<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Violent suspects could be released by police if officers do not get “backed up” by members of the public, a federation leader has warned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given the British government invites violent thugs from abroad to live among us and the justice system ensures they are free to continue being violent thugs in perpetuity, I feel ordinary folk are entitled to ask what, exactly, will change.<\/p>\n

Ken Marsh spoke out after a video of officers being attacked was shared widely on social media.<\/p>\n

Several cars can be seen driving past the encounter without stopping.<\/p>\n

Met Police Federation chairman Mr Marsh said: “We don’t come to work to get assaulted, and if we’re not going to be backed up…then what is the point?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is the point, you say? Funny, I’ve been asking that question for quite some time now. And I love how the police have spent years elevating themselves to special status whereby only they<\/em> can have weapons, only they<\/em> can protect you, only they<\/em> can do X, Y, and Z and ordinary people “must not take the law into their hands” but instead wait for Plod to show up three days later. Yet here they are whining that they don’t want to\u00a0 come to work if the public won’t join them in hand-to-hand combat with a bunch of feral thugs the very same police forces<\/em> won’t let us criticise.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Marsh added this did not mean he was asking members of the public “to suddenly jump in to assist police officers, because we are highly trained in what we do”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, your high-level of training is apparent in the video. Oddly, forty-three hours of diversity training followed by a week-long seminar on unconscious racial biases didn’t adequately prepare these two officers for encountering actual diversity and vibrancy on the streets. That aside, what do<\/em> you want the public to do, other than meekly go to jail where you can keep an eye on wrongthinkers more easily?<\/p>\n

A member of the public wearing a motorcycle helmet helped the male officer, but several cars went past without stopping.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So drivers navigating city streets are supposed to be able to asses whether they should stop and intervene in an ongoing ruck they happen to drive by? What idiocy is this? And even if they did realise what was going on, as I said before<\/a>, why risk it? The potential downsides vastly outweigh any upsides, even if the police were deserving of the public’s support.<\/p>\n

Talking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Marsh said: “If the public now think it’s OK to stand and film and mock my colleagues…then we are in very dangerous grounds.<\/p>\n

“What I’m trying to get across is the simple fact that society has changed so much lately that it seems to be OK [to be] more interested in mocking us and filming us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sorry, what did you expect? You’ve made it abundantly clear you’re not on the public’s side, so why should they hold you in anything other than the same contempt you have for them? You were warned, time and again, that this would happen and what did your colleagues do? Go ultra-defensive, engage in self-gratifying circle-jerks, and threaten anyone who doesn’t kow-tow to you. You’ve brought this on yourselves.<\/p>\n

He added: “We’re going to come to a point where we’re going to start pushing messages out to our colleagues: ‘Risk-assess it dynamically and, if you think you can’t detain a person, just let them go’.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If the public doesn’t hold you in higher regard, you’ll carry out yet more risk assessments leading you to shirk your responsibilities? Yes, that’ll help turn things around.<\/p>\n

A former Met officer, who left the force in 2014, said officers were attacked on a daily basis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By people who, if criticised on social media, can look forward to the sight of their detractors being arrested by the Met for hate speech. Perhaps you ought to work out whose side you’re on?<\/p>\n

Assistant commissioner Steve House of the Met Police said: “Whilst officers should never expect to be attacked as part of their job, a core part of officer safety training is ensuring they know how to respond to volatile situations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is rather hard to do if diversity and inclusion are the driving factors in police recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n

“This training is substantial and delivered in accordance with national guidelines and we regularly review it to make sure it is fit for purpose.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then please explain the scenes in the video.<\/p>\n

“Officers are also issued with personal protective equipment to help protect them and the public.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And if they don’t have them, they’ll stay in the car and watch their subordinate get murdered. Yes, we know<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’re going to see a lot more of this, as we are of this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Hundreds of residents have formed a ‘vigilante’ neighbourhood watch group following a failed campaign to increase the number of\u00a0police\u00a0officers on the streets.<\/p>\n

The community watchdog group, known as ‘We Stand Determined’, stage twice-weekly patrols across\u00a0Birmingham\u00a0since it was set up on social media three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Members say they are working together to report any dangers the community may face across Britain’s second largest city amid fears\u00a0crime\u00a0is spiralling out of control.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Three organisers, only known as Wayne, Tracy and Michael, said they founded the group after discovering a friend had been attacked in his home by thieves armed with hammers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A corrupt, dysfunctional, politicised police force who treat the public with contempt leading to vigilante groups forming in order to stop ordinary people being attacked with hammers. Britain is turning third world under our very noses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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