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I think it was more sarcastic than ironic.
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Maybe some other countries take violence against women more seriously.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/four-men-who-gang-raped-23733167
Sounds a bit racist.
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Not necessarily. He could have been referring to the malignant intent of this mysterious force.
But he never explained. Maybe because he started blaming the secret police.
He might have been joking or lying. I'm not sure which.
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If the above is true, then the policeman in question should be sacked.
The alleged killer of Sarah Everard had exposed himself at a takeaway a few days before he commited murder.
With this in mind it is unbelievable that a police officer would iqnore a report of indecent exposure.
nope.
"Jess Phillips, who is the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence, pointed out that indecent exposure is a sex crime."
You don't have to be left wing to be concerned about human rights, but i think that generally left wing people are more distrustful of how human rights might be abused.
The HRA act is a good example. Right wing people tend to think its not necessary because good government will largely follow those principles anyway and its being stretched to protect people who don't deserve protection. Left wing people are more concerned that rights and strong protections of those rights are enshrined in law and will fight to protect those rights, even when they are stretched in a direction they weren't intended to be.
For clarity, by left wing and right wing i am talking about moderates, not the extreme at either end of the scale.
Right wing people do care about democratic rights, but get annoyed when people abuse those rights. I agree that the right to protest should be sacrosanct, but i don't believe the right to protest should override the current covid rules and i don't believe the right to protest should allow protestors to disturb other peoples lives in a major way. Eg in non covid times a big march that temporally shuts down some roads and areas of london is fine. A XD style protest that attempts to directly disrupt other people's lives in a major way for a significant period of time is wrong.
There are other ways to protest and get your message across that don't break covid rules or cause the same deliberate disruption to peoples lives.
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The police are now talking about putting undercover officers in pubs and nightclubs (some time in the distant future when they re-open, obviouisly) to protect women from men allegedly harassing them. The same police that have huge numbers to harass ordinary members of the public for ordinary, day to day activitiies. Aren't they the same police who have had their numbers cut so severely under 'austerity' that they aren't investigating crimes, eg. burglary, car crime, etc? They're also the same police who are now making a big thing about protecting women, yet ignored a large scale grooming gangs problem in northern mill towns? Once again, you couldn't make it up!
I don't think it is unbelievable, i think its quite a reasonable response at the time. Context is all.
In the context of a demonstration that is consuming huge amounts of police resources, its reasonable for the police to say we can't spare the resource at this moment to investigate it. The women concerned obviously expected instant attention, and if the resource isn't there to provide it at that time, its not unreasonable for the police to decline to give her that instant attention. If the police are trying to control a crowd that has the potential to get violent and disruptive, then they can't afford to spare the officers to chase after a suspected flasher. Its no different to someone reporting that they'd just had their wallet stolen, the officers policing the demonstration are not going to be able to provide immediate assistance.
I'm sure if the women reported it in the normal way, ie to a police station, it would be investigated. The timing was perfect for the media to jump on though.
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Do you know this as a fact John. Did it really happen?
If it did shame on the officer.
Something similar did happen to me so it is believable
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plumbers and the like, you mean?
Maybe so, but if its not reported and recorded the police can do nothing.
Would you have diverted officers from the crowd control?
Actually, I suspect you probably would.
No, convicted rapists avoiding deportation and the like.
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Is it still your fault if you are trans?
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