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Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals (www.theguardian.com)
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Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I'm not asking them to open fire into a peaceful crowd inindiscriminately am I? I'm saying if it kicked off and they started burning buildings and looting like the US BLM riots, then I wouldn't be opposed to the use of the rounds.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    the demonstrations in the u.s. were largely peaceful aside from police violence. a ransacked Target is not worth the police running people over or blinding them with rubber bullets

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