Well, I guess when the countries leaders act like they are beyond reproach and do whatever they like, the behaviour filters down. Thatâs when we get police who forget who they are paid by and whom they should protect.
Thanks for the post @Everyman - the media seem to be reluctant to use the words - Nazis, Fascists, Evil, Authoritarian, Oppressive ⌠as far as I can see this is just the next step in the Rule of Claw where judges and police chiefs and politicians collude in the corruption of the real law governing our inalienable rights as human beings. When do we see a return of witch burning and public stoning?
Itâs hard to hear but one of the âpolicemenâ in the video says - something like - ~ we are just looking for the material the judge told us we could look for ~ this sort of overreach and mission creep is what you always get when you allow judges to have discretion in matters of inalienable rights, and employ monkeys to enforce those dictats. Anyone is open to pressure and corruption which can snowball into community/global oppression! And people sit by and mutter - âwell we gotta follow the lawâ - not if it breaches our inalienable rights we donât!
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Actually @PatB they seem to be acting exactly according to their oath: - paid by the Crown (and its puppet masters) for the protection and benefit of the Crown ( and its puppet masters)
Police Reform Act 2002 - Legislation.gov.uk
"IâŚofâŚdo solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that I will well and truly serve the Queen in the office of constable " (my emphasis)
So this âoathâ is confirmed by Statute to be according to the law of the land - and yet experience tells us that all statutes âpassed by Parliamentâ are rarely wholly read or understood by the MPs who vote on them and where they are, it is more than likely that those MPs have conflicting interests which should make their comments and votes unlawful. The attachment of the word âdemocracyâ to the term âParliamentary Democracyâ does not turn the institution of Parliament into a democratic body no matter how many times it is repeated by politicians, establishment figures, their Media and their Judges!
And of course law âmade by Judgesâ is by its nature undemocratic - decisions are made based on wide discretions given to judges to determine what the law is on a subject and so turning this type of law into âautocratic lawâ, and the appeal process is just a theatrical performance taking place within one institution by members of the same acting guild! ( as an example we just need to follow the Assange show!)
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I stand corrected. Maybe there is rationale then in âDefund The Policeâ?
Hi @PatB , sometimes I get the feeling that we have several types of policeforces
- the centralised force which central government or London City use indiscriminately against innocent civilians wherever protest is making strides against their policies
- the smaller county forces which can work in concert with the centralised forces but who mainly enforce in favour of the wealthy and influential
- the local forces sometimes working against criminals but more often than not just recording events and maybe working too close to criminal leaders.
- the community bobby on the street disappeared decades ago afaics!
So I totally agree defunding most of these forces and replacing them with community bobbies who just look after a few score members of society would be a good start. Democratising all forces to give power to the voters on say an annual basis might also help as would local ombudsmen ( annually appointed by the public ) independent of the police to oversee such forces - how we still have police crimes being investigated by police is beyond belief.
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