The most Britishest headline I have seen in quite some time
@SpectacledLangr In case anyone doubts this is a serious article and not satire: https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/02/man-took-part-hartlepool-riot-cries-dock-21350627/
@ross “a former McDonald’s worker”
@ross @SpectacledLangr Ooh, including a bonus clip of the fash who got nailed in the nadgers with a brick thrown by a fellow fascist thug.
@beecycling @ross @SpectacledLangr
That one received a brick to the back of the head, then one to the chest (I think) before the coup de grace to the groin. Well deserved, too. 3:O))>
@beecycling @ross @SpectacledLangr
Apparently the police were called to a domestic violence incident, recognised him from the riot footage, and arrested him (before taking him to hospital to get his head injury checked)
"Brian Spencer, who is a painter and decorator, was part of the rioters who hijacked a vigil for the three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift dance class on Monday."
@beecycling @ross @SpectacledLangr
"But a brick launched from the rioters hits him straight in the back of head.
Another rebounds off the officer’s shields directly onto his chest, leaving him seemingly stunned as he begins to stagger away.
But it only gets worse for the rioter, as he walks away clutching his head in pain another brick lands straight in his groin area."
As BSM "Shut UP!" Williams would say:
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.
@Cadbury_Moose @ross @SpectacledLangr I wonder when people are going to catch on that bricks bounce off riot shields. Like, that's what they're for. Of course these guys are not quick on the uptake.
@beecycling @ross @SpectacledLangr
"Never stand in front of people throwing stuff." is probably the best idea. (Even confetti can be nasty.)
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The Brick of Karma
Good grief, its: "rather less" not "much less". One does not condone such approaches towards the superlative.
Rather is suitably vague and much has the mouthfeel of pretentiousness tending towards some idea of absolute.
Not on my watch. An arse is an an arse, after all.
@SpectacledLangr Police dogs can bite.
So can accountability.
@SpectacledLangr Just think how the dog felt.
@SpectacledLangr Do NOT upset the furry landshark!
@SpectacledLangr did he not realise getting arrested would be a possibility? Other protesters have that as an actual goal
@thevoicesgames judging by reports, I don't think he is over-burdened with an abundance of thinking skills
@SpectacledLangr
Hope the dog's OK.
@SpectacledLangr good dog, it’s ok to bite fascists !
@SpectacledLangr oh no! And we all thought he was so hard.