Girl, 10, sprayed with CS gas as police invade family barbecue

[Hopeless Romantic]

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Girl-10-sprayed-CS-gas-police-invade-family-barbecue/article-1440084-detail/article.html

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Wow - that's so stupidly heavy-handed

someone in charge of that needs busting down to constable, and the whole lot retrained.

[Hopeless Romantic]

2. Won't happen though. And we'll be seeing a lot worse than this soon I fear

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23759786-armed-police-to-patrol-britains-streets-to-fight-gun-gangs.do

[Anarcho-Socialist]

3. They'll close ranks and no one will talk

It seems to work for them.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

4. I wonder if someone in the police has a personal issue with the family

It takes a lot of planning and logistics to pull off this stunt (this can't be accidental), and coppers aren't above squandering state resources and abusing power to settle vanity scores.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. 35 police for 1 person looks preplanned as a way of revenge

and intimidating the family, even without spraying CS gas at them.