When I was telling the senior officer that making women leave the relative safety of the pub in “1s and 2s” was going to be dangerous - he told us that they’d “already devoted enough time to this today”. Like it was our fault.
* Avon & Somerset's Force Intelligence Unit or equivalent is patently not-up-to-snuff, and any output from it should be considered unreliable. For instance it did not alert senior officers that the event would likely attract a number of far-right-inspired incel males and their female collaborators - something that should have been obvious after the nationally-publicised event in Manchester.
* The report from the officers involved to their senior managers were not accurate, and they should be prompted, in light of the video evidence, to try again.
* The officers sent to the event appear to have been insufficiently-trained to cope with it, and should therefore receive further personal guidance, training and reappraisal.
* Avon & Somerset should withdraw their statement as it is now fatally compromised. An interim 'holding' statement would be sufficient, indicating that the response is being reassessed.
* There may be value in Avon & Somerset requesting the assistance of another nearby Police Force (probably best not Gwent, or Wiltshire) to police similar events in-the-future until its senior staff have confidence that its own officers are capable of performing their duties to at least a minimum standard.
* That a serious incident did not take place at the event was due to the highly-professional stewarding provided by SFW rather than the presence of officers from Avon & Somerset.
Thanks for sharing this info with us. I wouldn't have learned of the video otherwise.
It is scary to see.
A few dozen misled and highly agitated teenagers and a few older guys going after a handful of women and a few supporters and feeling like heroes.
Police accomodating them almost to the point of cowtowing, interfering only when not doing so would have ended in someone from Standing Up For Women getting hurt.
In other words: Bristol antifa having turned into neoliberal goons on steroids and Bristol police being OK with it.
Excellent video. It's frightening to think that without citizens taking it upon themselves to document this, the police are happy to just brush it off.
Only the Cult Of Gender could have men screaming threateningly at women and still come away thinking they're The Good People. That in itself is disturbing but to see the dumb plod going along with it is beyond depressing.
Jul 4, 2022·edited Jul 4, 2022Liked by Alan Henness
Maybe feminists would be better off dressing as nice football supporters (pick a suitable harmless team) then the police would keep them separate and safe from the hooligans in black etc. In police eyes women per se are clearly considered worse than the black-clad thugs and hooligans.
Alternatively maybe bring a few little children in buggies etc - the little ones could tell the police where their duty lies. “Out of the mouths of babes…” and all that. The poor UK police are increasingly becoming infantilised, cowardly and thick
This is great, thank you. We know that the majority of the masked-up aggressors are not trans but bored anarchists out for the day. One was even identified last time. We've come to an odd point in history when the police are protecting the 'acab' bunch against the 'threat' from a few unmasked women.
Thank you Alan, Alf and all those who were there who are reporting this and their first-hand accounts. The idea that the Bristol police didn't realise this might happen or got caught out is not plausible. It's their job. What are the IOPC saying about this or similar policing 'methods'? I know there's a problem with recruitment, but is this partly another College of Policing failing?
Just looked up Bristol council elections held in May 2021. Results: Greens - 24 seats; Labour - 24 seats; Conservatives - 14; Lib Dem toddlers - 6.
So with the feckin’ Green Party nutters and the Labour ‘what’s a woman’ Party running things it’s no wonder the cops behave as they do.
The Greens are a menace everywhere - look at Brighton, where elderly and disabled folk are breaking limbs tripping over huge weeds (aka wild flowers that the Council won’t cut) growing out of footpaths.
The TRAs are losing the battle and getting more and more desperate. This shows them for the bullies they are. It also shows the police in a very poor light. I know it must be tricky but they basically allowed bullying, harassment and hate crimes aplenty without the slightest inclination to deal with them. I hope they do better at the next rally.
Shocking. Well done for collating the evidence and challenging the pathetic and one-sided "policing". It has to stop!
And what on earth is "get in the sea!"? Who says that??
When I was telling the senior officer that making women leave the relative safety of the pub in “1s and 2s” was going to be dangerous - he told us that they’d “already devoted enough time to this today”. Like it was our fault.
Great piece of work Alan.
What the failures on-the-day indicate are;
* Avon & Somerset's Force Intelligence Unit or equivalent is patently not-up-to-snuff, and any output from it should be considered unreliable. For instance it did not alert senior officers that the event would likely attract a number of far-right-inspired incel males and their female collaborators - something that should have been obvious after the nationally-publicised event in Manchester.
* The report from the officers involved to their senior managers were not accurate, and they should be prompted, in light of the video evidence, to try again.
* The officers sent to the event appear to have been insufficiently-trained to cope with it, and should therefore receive further personal guidance, training and reappraisal.
* Avon & Somerset should withdraw their statement as it is now fatally compromised. An interim 'holding' statement would be sufficient, indicating that the response is being reassessed.
* There may be value in Avon & Somerset requesting the assistance of another nearby Police Force (probably best not Gwent, or Wiltshire) to police similar events in-the-future until its senior staff have confidence that its own officers are capable of performing their duties to at least a minimum standard.
* That a serious incident did not take place at the event was due to the highly-professional stewarding provided by SFW rather than the presence of officers from Avon & Somerset.
Thanks, Alan. 👍👍👍
Thanks for sharing this info with us. I wouldn't have learned of the video otherwise.
It is scary to see.
A few dozen misled and highly agitated teenagers and a few older guys going after a handful of women and a few supporters and feeling like heroes.
Police accomodating them almost to the point of cowtowing, interfering only when not doing so would have ended in someone from Standing Up For Women getting hurt.
In other words: Bristol antifa having turned into neoliberal goons on steroids and Bristol police being OK with it.
Superb video. Thanks Alf x
An excellent post, letter, and video. Very accurate too - I was there.
Excellent video. It's frightening to think that without citizens taking it upon themselves to document this, the police are happy to just brush it off.
Only the Cult Of Gender could have men screaming threateningly at women and still come away thinking they're The Good People. That in itself is disturbing but to see the dumb plod going along with it is beyond depressing.
I've seen footage from 1930s Germany, of actual Nazis harrassing Jews in the street.
Same thing.
Thank you, Alf and Alan.
Disgraceful. What a well put together video
These sorts of things could really do with a few people with 360 cameras dotted around to pick up more of the atrocious behaviour than mobiles can.
Here's how one was used at BLM. You can use your mouse to drag the screen and look around in youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C7cbsdm4jQ
Anything dodgy picked up can be picked out, zoomed in and shared as a normal (non 360) video.
Not hugely expensive. £300 second hand.
Maybe feminists would be better off dressing as nice football supporters (pick a suitable harmless team) then the police would keep them separate and safe from the hooligans in black etc. In police eyes women per se are clearly considered worse than the black-clad thugs and hooligans.
Alternatively maybe bring a few little children in buggies etc - the little ones could tell the police where their duty lies. “Out of the mouths of babes…” and all that. The poor UK police are increasingly becoming infantilised, cowardly and thick
This is great, thank you. We know that the majority of the masked-up aggressors are not trans but bored anarchists out for the day. One was even identified last time. We've come to an odd point in history when the police are protecting the 'acab' bunch against the 'threat' from a few unmasked women.
Thank you Alan, Alf and all those who were there who are reporting this and their first-hand accounts. The idea that the Bristol police didn't realise this might happen or got caught out is not plausible. It's their job. What are the IOPC saying about this or similar policing 'methods'? I know there's a problem with recruitment, but is this partly another College of Policing failing?
A word of advice just in case any of the people featured end up reading here.
Marxist/Anarchist groups, made up almost entirely of students and young people under 25 always have a few older men hanging on.
If you haven't worked out why yet, give yer head a wobble.
Just looked up Bristol council elections held in May 2021. Results: Greens - 24 seats; Labour - 24 seats; Conservatives - 14; Lib Dem toddlers - 6.
So with the feckin’ Green Party nutters and the Labour ‘what’s a woman’ Party running things it’s no wonder the cops behave as they do.
The Greens are a menace everywhere - look at Brighton, where elderly and disabled folk are breaking limbs tripping over huge weeds (aka wild flowers that the Council won’t cut) growing out of footpaths.
The TRAs are losing the battle and getting more and more desperate. This shows them for the bullies they are. It also shows the police in a very poor light. I know it must be tricky but they basically allowed bullying, harassment and hate crimes aplenty without the slightest inclination to deal with them. I hope they do better at the next rally.