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All those officers we saw on the weekend will be back doing early/late shift work this week and would have been doing it last week in [the build-up to the disorder],
Behind that shield they are long, long days,
On the aspect of resilience clearly the police has got an issue with retention and recruitment across the country,
If anybody tells you they're not [under-resourced] they're having you on to a certain degree,
Police will do everything in their power to identify any individuals attending the city with the intent of causing disorder, and each will be dealt with robustly."
I hope your kids get raped. I’m glad I threw rocks.”
There are a lot of people that blame immigrants for the state of this country,
My focus is on making sure that we stop this disorder, that the criminal sanctions are swift and be seen to be followed."
Shouldn't you be concerned about attacks on *all* communities?"
What type of evil individual(s) would undertake such outrageous actions, in a sacrosanct place of reflection, where loved ones are buried, solely intended to provoke racial tensions?”
local councillor Afrasiab Anwar said We will make sure that anyone who is given a custodial sentence as a result of the riots and disorder, there will be a prison place waiting for them,
I think it is deeply irresponsible. I think everyone should be appealing for calm,
We have not seen this level of violence or planned intent of violence from other large marches. This is not about being frustrated or wanting to give the police the runaround to get publicity, this is about trying to frighten communities, damage property and attack police officers.”
Chief constable BJ Harrington, the national lead for public order policing, put it like this There was actually plenty of criticism of the BLM policing for being heavy-handed,
There were arrests, and police identifying offences that have led to prosecutions,
It started out looking like a standard call that many officers will go to, an incident at an address with social services trying to remove children,
Clearly there have been some incidents,
There are ‘tiers’ in policing response,
said Graham Wettone, who spent 30 years in frontline public order roles with the Met and is the author of a book, How to Be a Police Officer Should any planned protests or spontaneous incidents escalate into violent disorder seen elsewhere in the country, officers will swiftly and robustly respond and deal with [them].”
Thames Valley Police told Express.co.uk They won’t stop coming until you tell them,
the text reads “no more Immigration”.