Climbing a war memorial - not a crime

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I find the met's position rather odd.
news.sky.com

Climbing a war memorial is 'unfortunate' but not illegal, Met chief says after pro-Palestinian protesters were not arrested

Sir Mark Rowley, the Met Police Commissioner, said footage showing demonstrators climbing on the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park Corner was "unfortunate" and "inflammatory in certain ways".
news.sky.com news.sky.com

If the report is accurate they seem to be saying they have no power to prevent rowdy behaviour in public
I find that odd because the police have been issuing fixed penalties for Rowdy behaviour for a long time.

Public Order Act 1986

An Act to abolish the common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray and certain statutory offences relating to public order; to create new offences relating to public order; to control public processions and assemblies; to control the stirring up of racial hatred; to provide...
www.legislation.gov.uk www.legislation.gov.uk
 
Police man handled a bloke for shouting terrorists off our streets and threatened with arrest.
 
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gant said:
The attitude to the protestors by taking sides..........two tier policing.
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Your imagination is in overdrive. Please share with us your evidence.

All was resolved peacefully. I'm sure The Wail has its gammons outraged though. Shmucks.

"...The officers at the scene asked them to get down and they did.

"So the officers intervened as officers often do to try and de-escalate risk of conflict, even when there isn't an explicit power to do it. So I think they did a sensible thing..."
 
trazor said:
So you are perfectly happy for any Yobbo to climb a War memorial.
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Me? Why are you asking?

trazor said:
"Peacefully" ......Bizarre indeed.
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"...the officers at the scene asked them to get down and they did.

"So the officers intervened as officers often do to try and de-escalate risk of conflict, even when there isn't an explicit power to do it. So I think they did a sensible thing..."
 
trazor said:
So you are perfectly happy for any Yobbo to climb a War memorial.


"Peacefully" ......Bizarre indeed.
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As I said, if I can save the lives of some women and children I'll happily climb as many memorials as necessary.
 
Roy Bloom said:
As I said, if I can save the lives of some women and children I'll happily climb as many memorials as necessary.
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Would you do so if the memorial was in a Churchyard?
These memorials were blessed when erected in memory of the fallen making them, technically, Holy ground.
I'm guessing your not Catholic.
 
Odds said:
Would you do so if the memorial was in a Churchyard?
These memorials were blessed when erected in memory of the fallen making them, technically, Holy ground.
I'm guessing your not Catholic.
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If I could save the lives of women and children by doing so, I'd happily spray paint them a flourescent pink.

But your question is hypothetical, the war memorial in question was not in a churchyard, nor a cemetry.
 
Roy Bloom said:
If I could save the lives of women and children by doing so, I'd happily spray paint them a flourescent pink.

But your question is hypothetical, the war memorial in question was not in a churchyard, nor a cemetry.
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But you won't save anyone in this manner, so you're argument does nothing but scare crows.
 
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