“Instead of catching real criminals and terrorists, we are arresting pensioners and disabled people calling for the saving of children’s lives,” said one Metropolitan Police officer.

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    4 days ago

    Again, they were aware that was always a possibility when they took the job. If you have a job that involves following orders so there is always the possibility that you will be given orders you don’t agree with, you should think about that before signing up.

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      3 days ago

      Seems a bit daft. The answer then is to have either no police, or to have police who will mindlessly follow any order?
      No police would be great, but in the absence of that ideal, I’d rather have people in the role who question the morality of what they’re doing. Compare this response with ICE in the US who kidnap people off the streets and send them to concentration camps and don’t complain that they disagree with what they are doing