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 threadDonald RoyDec 18, 2024

@ChrisMayLA6

One does have to bear in mind the context in which the police were expected to work in recent years - especially when #suellabraverman was Home Secretary - and the advice they were receiving from ''independent' advisers on extremism appointed by the #conservatives. Just over a year ago there was even pressure to sack #sirmarkrowley - presumably he did not have enough of a blind spot where the Far Right were concerned - certainly not as much as #suellabraverman had !

Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May

@djr2024

Yes, fair comment... but that was pushing at an open door really....

Dec 18, 2024 at 11:14amWeb