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GP's comment is nonsense in a number of ways, most notably that British police are generally regarded among the least oppressive in the world.
by JoeSmithson 7y ago
GP's comment is nonsense in a number of ways, most notably that British police are generally regarded among the least oppressive in the world.
- pjc50 7y agoApart from the RUC, the kettling, Orgreave, Hillsborough, the Macpherson report, "sus" laws, and the embedding of undercover officers in environmentalist groups some of whom had children with the people they were surveilling? The fact that UK police are not routinely armed helps a lot, but they're still capable of some highly selective treatment of people they don't like.