Have to agree with A Jordan - the police came up short on this occasion. Not trying to deflect blame or absolve the loonies involved but the security was obviously planned by aliens from the planet Zog! My 2nd cousin is now a copper and I would not have w
Have to agree with A Jordan - the police came up short on this occasion. Not trying to deflect blame or absolve the loonies involved but the security was obviously planned by aliens from the planet Zog!
My 2nd cousin is now a copper and I would not have wanted him involved in that policing effort. It was under-manned, underestimated, poorly planned & badly mismanaged on the day/night.
I feel sorry for the average coppers involved who, for the most part, would have been thoroughly outnumbered by a hostile mob with no 'rules of engagement' like the police have to ab\ide by.
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