[arista]

[Officers were responding to an assault in Hackney,
east London, when they were assaulted yesterday
Both officers, a man and a woman,
suffered minor injuries, with one
of the officers being punched in the head
Two men, aged 20 and 38, were arrested
on suspicion of assaulting an officer
and remain in police custody
Home Secretary Priti Patel last night
condemned the attack as 'sickening,
shocking & disgraceful' in a tweet
Ken Marsh, who represents frontline officers,
warned danger to his
colleagues appears to be on the rise]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-selfies.html

Short Video of attack.

[arista]

[Baseball bat wielding hero tells of dramatic
moment he waded in to help Met Police officer grappling
on ground with a suspect as baying
mob took grinning selfies]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-suspect.html

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

[Baseball bat wielding hero tells of dramatic
moment he waded in to help Met Police officer grappling
on ground with a suspect as baying
mob took grinning selfies]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-suspect.html

Nice!

#BlueLivesMatter

[thesheriff443]

That’s the other side of the coin, but I’m sure some will say it’s justified.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

[Baseball bat wielding hero tells of dramatic

moment he waded in to help Met Police officer grappling

on ground with a suspect as baying

mob took grinning selfies]



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-suspect.html

What a hero that guy is .. I hope he doesn’t become a target from those idiots - I fear the worst though - he was very brave on a few levels . The policewoman did well also .

They should arrest and charge those attacking the cop ... I couldn’t watch it all but we have some crazy people on our streets .

Plus what strange behaviour from that first big guy on the scene whose first thought was to start taking photos and filming it all then than moron who was dancing around like a little exited child !!


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[Denver]

Any need to call him a black criminal?

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Denver

Any need to call him a black criminal?

Yep. Arista you do this all the time and I've called you out on it before. Why do you feel we need to know the race of the attacker? The original article doesnt mention his race at all but you've got it in the title.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Disgusting


I hope all the forum condemn this thuggery

[Cherie]

Hope we are not going to see more of this, but its kinda where we are heading

[arista]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Yep. Arista you do this all the time and I've called you out on it before. Why do you feel we need to know the race of the attacker? The original article doesnt mention his race at all but you've got it in the title.

OK I will remove it for you

[Braden]

Disgusting.

[arista]

Spoiler:

Large Metro

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by arista

Spoiler:

Jesus, what's wrong with people?

Maybe the cops should try living up to their expectations

edit - spoilered for size.

[caprimint]

Literally disgusting. I saw the video of this earlier and it's just awful. I feel so bad for police officers right now

Hackney is a ****hole though so I can't say I'm even surprised

[Livia]

Knife crime, gun crime and gang crime are predominantly black crimes. So what do the police do now? Stop and search is a no-no. When it's pointed out that young black men are over-represented in violent crime it's claimed to be a racist comment.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Livia

Knife crime, gun crime and gang crime are predominantly black crimes. So what do the police do now? Stop and search is a no-no. When it's pointed out that young black men are over-represented in violent crime it's claimed to be a racist comment.

Apparently black lives don't matter when they're killing each other?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Knife crime, gun crime and gang crime are predominantly black crimes. So what do the police do now? Stop and search is a no-no. When it's pointed out that young black men are over-represented in violent crime it's claimed to be a racist comment.

Because it is a racist comment. I mean do you think black men are over represented in violent crime because something in their "black genes" make them more violent or do you think it's a socio-economic issue that would effect any race (like the Scottish knife crime issue that has been brought up before). Pointing out that it's a "black crime" is wrong because being black isn't the reason that they turn to crime, surely pointing out the real reason is the sensible thing to do if the cause is to be tackled properly?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Apparently black lives don't matter when they're killing each other?

It's the very thing I don't understand. It affects the black community disproportionately, it's their young men it's taking. I think a start would be to have more black officers, reflecting the society they serve.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Because it is a racist comment. I mean do you think black men are over represented in violent crime because something in their "black genes" make them more violent or do you think it's a socio-economic issue that would effect any race (like the Scottish knife crime issue that has been brought up before). Pointing out that it's a "black crime" is wrong because being black isn't the reason that they turn to crime, surely pointing out the real reason is the sensible thing to do if the cause is to be tackled properly?

Disagree with all of that.

Is this you as a moderator telling me I'm racist?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Disagree with all of that.

So you don't think it's a socio economic issue rather than black people in general just being more violent than white people? OK.......

[Liam-]

The difference being, people on the street didn’t take an oath to serve and protect everyone, BLM is about people in power disproportionately killing unarmed black people and getting away with it, time and time again

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

So you don't think it's a socio economic issue rather than black people in general just being more violent than white people? OK.......

Okay, so it's a socio economic issue. But that's the cause, and the symptom is that knife crime, gun crime, and gang crime is higher in their communities. Whatever the solution is, it won't be helped by not taking steps to stop those crimes from happening.

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Livia

Knife crime, gun crime and gang crime are predominantly black crimes. So what do the police do now? Stop and search is a no-no. When it's pointed out that young black men are over-represented in violent crime it's claimed to be a racist comment.

This is so true

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

So you don't think it's a socio economic issue rather than black people in general just being more violent than white people? OK.......

I don't know what the reason is. I know that there are people of ALL races in the poorest boroughs. I know that young African Caribbean males are more likely to be involved in violent crime. Criminologists and Sociologists have been asking the same question for years and you're asking me to come up with the answer here?

Okay...………………..

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Liam-

The difference being, people on the street didn’t take an oath to serve and protect everyone, BLM is about people in power disproportionately killing unarmed black people and getting away with it, time and time again

You're talking about the USA. This thread is about the Met.