O/T arrested for calling somebody a muppet.

[KerrAvon]

I have had a difficult professional relationship with the some police officers during my career. I'd say that they are a mixed bag, as you would expect.

Instead of joining in this Twitter inspired pile on though, I would point out two things:

1. Police officers run towards trouble when we have the option of running away e.g.:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgwdyn4yqvo

2. The Manchester airport incident should have taught us the dangers of making judgements based on one half of a story (and I am being very generous in suggesting that we have as much as a half here).

You should all be saving your energies for the next time Twitter tells you to be outraged. My guess is that will be when the Ethiopian bloke convicted of ***ual assault in Epping gets a sentence that Twitter deems not to be harsh enough.

[Yak]

I have had a difficult professional relationship with the some police officers during my career. I'd say that they are a mixed bag, as you would expect.

Instead of joining in this Twitter inspired pile on though, I would point out two things:

1. Police officers run towards trouble when we have the option of running away e.g.:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgwdyn4yqvo

2. The Manchester airport incident should have taught us the dangers of making judgements based on one half of a story (and I am being very generous in suggesting that we have as much as a half here).

You should all be saving your energies for the next time Twitter tells you to be outraged. My guess is that will be when the Ethiopian bloke convicted of ***ual assault in Epping gets a sentence that Twitter deems not to be harsh enough.

Kerr come on this situation is pathetic and it’s ok to say so. Of course police officers in the past have done brave things. I could show more examples of them acting ridiculous and being petty and wrong. This is either police officers totally clueless or the people in charge being totally clueless. You keep calling it the twitter gang. It was actually on the local radio yesterday are the use reporters twitter gang too. You accuse the ones that criticise this as always as misinformed, twitter gang, sheep etc. as another poster pointed out you seem to have lost touch with any form of reality just because you don’t agree with the criticism. It’s pathetic and 99% of the population would think so.

[KerrAvon]

Are you on the inside track here, Yak?

What were the exact circumstances that resulted in that arrest? Did he casually call someone a puppet, did he scream it in someone's face whilst so close as to land spittle on their face, was he part of a mob brandishing weapons trying to force entry to a building or was he on his own, is that all that he said/shouted?

When you know the answers to those questions then you will be able to comment on what happened from an informed position. Until then you cannot.

I have never used most of the comments that you attribute to me, but yes, I deeply dislike the way Twitter now forms and drives the opinions of some people by posting unbalanced and partial information.

[Burlesque Miller]

While in my local Co-op a few weeks ago, two bin men in yellow hi-viz burst in and marched down the isle I was in. A quick double take revealed not bin men but police officers.
Such a pair of dishevelled scruffs; unkempt in general appearance. Unshaven, scuffed footwear that had hardly seen a lick of polish. Faded Ill fitting trousers crumpled and creased that looked as though they'd never been ironed. The one infront was diminutive, 5' 6'' at most and overweight while the one behind swaggering along with his hands tucked under the stab vest at chest height, I'd never seen a bobby with his hands in his pockets. Might as well have been bin men.
Recruitment must have been much tougher back then. Bobbies used to be tall, fit impeccably turned out. Clean, smart and with a sharp crease in the trousers and highly polished boots. An air of authority without being intimidating.An appearance that garnered respect without being overbaring, and with a resolute word of advice which was enough to deter any potential disturbance on the streets.
Just like most things theses days; instead of aspiring to higher standards, standards have to be at rock bottom so that anybody can be what they want to be as a right, regardless of whether they are capable or not.

[MillerBill]

Ever since Police Commissioners came on board the service that the public get has gone downhill.A lot of the good cops have left because they see it run by too many politicians.

[mygiddypant]

Interesting that when 900 people were arrested at the weekend for expressing sympathy for Palestinians, not one of the concerned

citizens of Rotherham posting above raised it as an issue.

[Lolmorgan]

I have had a difficult professional relationship with the some police officers during my career. I'd say that they are a mixed bag, as you would expect.

Instead of joining in this Twitter inspired pile on though, I would point out two things:

1. Police officers run towards trouble when we have the option of running away e.g.:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgwdyn4yqvo

2. The Manchester airport incident should have taught us the dangers of making judgements based on one half of a story (and I am being very generous in suggesting that we have as much as a half here).

You should all be saving your energies for the next time Twitter tells you to be outraged. My guess is that will be when the Ethiopian bloke convicted of ***ual assault in Epping gets a sentence that Twitter deems not to be harsh enough.

Anybody that ***ually assaults kids should rot in jail the dirty *******s.

[Back of the net]

Interesting that when 900 people were arrested at the weekend for expressing sympathy for Palestinians, not one of the concerned

citizens of Rotherham posting above raised it as an issue.

So why didn’t you raise it on a thread as an issue if you were so concerned at the injustice?
Or is it a typical trying to mask the issue of the police by highlighting an issue that you now feel so strong about to deflect from the issue ?
That’s not like a certain political party now is it. 😎🤣

[Stovicmiller]

Are you on the inside track here, Yak?

What were the exact circumstances that resulted in that arrest? Did he casually call someone a puppet, did he scream it in someone's face whilst so close as to land spittle on their face, was he part of a mob brandishing weapons trying to force entry to a building or was he on his own, is that all that he said/shouted?

When you know the answers to those questions then you will be able to comment on what happened from an informed position. Until then you cannot.

I have never used most of the comments that you attribute to me, but yes, I deeply dislike the way Twitter now forms and drives the opinions of some people by posting unbalanced and partial information.

. puppet for ****s sake , frightened to say the word yer muppet .

[mygiddypant]

So why didn?’t you raise it on a thread as an issue if you were so concerned at the injustice?
Or is it a typical trying to mask the issue of the police by highlighting an issue that you now feel so strong about to deflect from the issue ?
That?’s not like a certain political party now is it. ����

I saw the protest over the weekend as it featured widely on the news and on social media. I thought the arrests were wrong, but could

understand the difficulty of the police as Palestine Action is a proscribed organisation. The police were in a difficult position.

You reacted to a very short clip on X, so didn't understand the context of why the police approached the individual filming.

The difference is that I considered the evidence and decided not to create a thread. You simply overreacted.