tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post5218203647376973647..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Make “anti-cuts” demonstrators pay to take part - that’d keep the numbers downScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-90611499781072560552011-10-16T18:32:17.041+01:002011-10-16T18:32:17.041+01:00An ex-KCS friend of mine and his writing partner o...An ex-KCS friend of mine and his writing partner once came up with a sketch for Not the Nine O’Clock News around the time that Community Police were being introduced (to reassure ethic communities that we had no intention of interfering with their right to smoke dope, mug, riot and loot at will). The sketch shows a Black Mariah marked “COMMUNITY POLICE” screeching to a halt beside a young black man. Community policeman pile out, grab him and throw him in the back of the van, which then rocks back and forth violently for 10”. The doors are flung open and he’s bundled out onto the road. As he gets dazedly to his feet we discover that they’ve given him a smiley clown face and an orange fright wig. No idea if it was ever filmed, but it seemed to sum up the silliness of a softly softly, “ethnically sensitive” approach to policing.<br />Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 06:52 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-70792446894218269812011-10-16T18:31:58.922+01:002011-10-16T18:31:58.922+01:00Interesting, Watercannon boy. I made the point at...Interesting, Watercannon boy. I made the point at the time to the Scarman Inquiry into the Brixton riots...sorry, uprisings, that the police strategy would have been more successful if based around community outreach activity such as poetry reading, ethnically-relevant crochet classes and how to establish a Bishop of Rastafari in the C of E, rather than the preferred tactic of heading petrol bombs, being stabbed and shield/missile-interface activity. <br /><br />I have never understood how it failed to make it into the list of recommendations.<br />Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 03:35 PMEX-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-25029868251628765542011-10-16T18:31:39.534+01:002011-10-16T18:31:39.534+01:00I am taken aback by many of the comments. I suspec...I am taken aback by many of the comments. I suspect you would condone the actins of Brigadier Reginald Dyer and his company of Ghurkas at Amritsar in 1919 where they killed 379 rioters and wounded a further 1,500 and only stopped when the ammo ran out.<br /><br />I am following the case of Ian Tomlinson who died as a result of being slashed across the thigh by a police baton and then shoved to the ground at the G20 Riots in 2009. His only offence was to saunter [or "teeter", as he was an alcoholic and had been hitting the extra strong lager during his afternoon stint as a newspaper vendor] down the the polce lines in the middle of a full-blown riot offering helpful advice to the constabulary. His wife, a previously umarried mother of 5 children [Tomlinson had 4 children of his own - newspaper vending is obviously a lucrative business] says " he was the best thing that ever happened to me" in spite of them living "separately" but not "apart". The court is considering wether the police "perp" should face criminal charges and Max Clifford is on stand-by.<br /><br />The answer is quite simple and I am surprised that some rent-a-gob MP has not called for it. Ban the police from wielding batons during violent riots. They just cause injuries. Would it not be more productive if the police soothed the rioters by dressing up as Morriss Dancers or Cloggies and performed amusing dance routines.<br />Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 10:21 AMWASSERKANONEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-90365072603729850182011-10-16T18:31:18.752+01:002011-10-16T18:31:18.752+01:00As far as I remember we pay the police to protect ...As far as I remember we pay the police to protect property and people yet the news was full of pictures of Plod standing around watching property being vandalised…it feels like some big charade designed to allow the political equivalent of football hooligans to have some fun while boosting police overtime payments. I agree with you about the culpability of the demonstrators and about their stupidity…and the idea of snipers treating those who cover their faces as terrorists seems sensible. Last point, what about tasers and tear gas? Why do we pay for the police to have weapons to protect property if they’re too cowardly to use them?<br />Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 03:24 PMHARUMPHREY OF THE YARDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-30231713927574412011-10-16T18:30:58.875+01:002011-10-16T18:30:58.875+01:00And why are the police, the BBC and the government...And why are the police, the BBC and the government always so keen to tell us that the troublemakers formed a “tiny minority” and that the majority of the march “passed off peacefully”. Cause and effect – without those “peaceful” marchers giving them cover, there would have been no violent minority of left-wing fascists to smash up banks and shops. We really must stop shielding idiots from the consequences of their actions.<br />Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 12:32 PMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-79622461919291855082011-10-16T18:30:42.977+01:002011-10-16T18:30:42.977+01:00Told you!
Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 11:18 AMTold you!<br />Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 11:18 AMScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.com