Emeritus Prof Christopher MayDec 18, 2024

More confirmation that the Police have a blind spot for the Far Right seeing the threat they present as 'minimal' (despite evidence otherwise) & have spent more resources gathering intelligence (and policing) environmental groups & pro-Palestinian protestors.

Well, of course, one might argue this is nothing new, the Police have always been harder on protests from the Left.... but nonetheless, it adds to the evidence that the police bias is a major problem!

#police
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/18/police-missed-clues-dangers-of-far-right-summer-riots-england

Police missed clues about dangers of far right before summer riots in England

Intelligence gaps, especially around social media analysis, led to failures, report finds

The Guardian
Show threadJuggling With Eggs

@ChrisMayLA6

The descriptions used to describe the racist violence that broke out show the police still underplay what the far right do:

‘extreme nationalist sentiment, aggravated activism or serious disorder’

‘Sentiment’ and ‘activism’ really???

But where was the acknowledgment that it was normal everyday people making their presence known in huge non-violent numbers that caused these thugs to back down?

Dec 18, 2024 at 7:53amWeb
Show threadPassengerDec 18, 2024

@JugglingWithEggs @ChrisMayLA6

The cops will never acknowledge that. Even leaving aside the fact that cops tend to personally have far-Right politics, the police force would rather disband than acknowledge that we keep us safe. They need the myth of the thin blue line more than they need anything else.

I remember those demos. There were, like, six fash who turned up, and thousands of us, and the cops were pretty much entirely focused on protecting the fash from us. The only time it kicked off was when we chased a fascist away and the police decided to pick a fight with the antifascists involved. A huge mass of people came to their rescue, chanting "let them go" until the cops backed down.