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stray Feb 18, 2011 13:16:02

Replying to Toni Torino

Yeah very scary. What I'd like to know is who the non-home office forces are who have also been supplied them. Could be the Army, heh, it could be Group 4.

stray Feb 18, 2011 13:33:13

Replying to stray

I found this amazing memo to the Human Rights Joint Committee from an ex police officer (inferred from his comment on his training of how to use a wooden truncheon).
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200809/jtselect/jtrights/47/47we12.htm August 2008.
This memo should be wheeled out here when people defend the actions of the UK police to the point of hysterical cognitive dissonance. Its not a few bad apples, its the whole structure, their training and collective approach.

Toni Torino Feb 18, 2011 13:50:00

Replying to stray

stray wrote:

Yeah very scary. What I'd like to know is who the non-home office forces are who have also been supplied them. Could be the Army, heh, it could be Group 4.

Group 4 fucking hell!

Yeah, Non-Home Office might not mean non-Governmental. After all that BBC Bahrain report mentioned the Forign Office shipping tear gas and "other riot control equipment". Who knows what that might be?

Merrick Feb 18, 2011 18:29:05

Replying to stray

stray wrote:

What I'd like to know is who the non-home office forces are who have also been supplied them.

The implication from the statement is that it's police forces rather than other groups like military or private forces.

My guess would be the non-regional constabularies like Civil Nuclear Constabulary, British Transport Police, Ports Police, MoD police (though I think those guys are technically the Army).