Man arrested over fire extinguisher

[GreatToKnow]

Man arrested over fire extinguisher thrown from roof

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A man has been arrested in Cambridgeshire by police hunting for the protester at Wednesday's anti-fees march who threw a fire extinguisher from a roof at police officers on the ground below.

The fire extinguisher was hurled from the roof after protesters swarmed into Millbank Tower, the Westminster building that houses the Tory party HQ.

The incident, which police say could have led to the death of an officer, was caught on video.

The man, 23, who is understood to be a student from Reading, was arrested by the Cambridgeshire force at the request of Metropolitan police.

He was being held at Parkside police station in Cambridge, a police spokeswoman said.

In a statement the Metropolitan police said: "Police in Cambridgeshire, on behalf of the Metropolitan police service, have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of violent disorder on Wednesday 10 November.

"He is in custody at a Cambridgeshire police station. This arrest follows an investigation into public disorder on Wednesday 10 November where a fire extinguisher was thrown from the roof of Millbank Tower."

Last night police said the man had been released on police bail.

Today a man claiming to be a territorial support group (TSG) officer told the BBC how the metal object narrowly missed him: "It landed right behind me – literally no more than six inches," he said.

"I think [had it hit me] somebody would have been visiting my wife and children and saying I was either dead or very seriously injured, the height that was dropped from, a solid piece of metal. I believe it took chips out of the concrete paving behind us as well."

After the incident the crowd turned against those on the roof, with chants of: "Stop throwing shit". Met police assistant commissioner Chris Allison said the empty canister went down the back of the helmet of one territorial support group officer and grazed the knees of another: "The fire extinguisher concerned went very close to two territorial support group officers. Clearly that is a very serious offence and we are attempting to bring the person who did that to justice."

Paul McKeever, the chair of the Police Federation, said whoever threw the fire extinguisher should be charged with attempted murder.

today the Met revealed 10 of the 54 people arrested during sprawling outbreaks of disorder were aged under 18 and most of the others were students aged between 18 and 26, including 33 males and 21 females. Activist websites have published instructions to those who fear they may be identified and arrested in the aftermath of the violence.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/12/student-fees-protest-fire-extinguisher

Shame that the extinguisher did not hit the officer right in the balls and or tits if it was a female officer

[Asheville]

and or tits if it was a female officer

thanks for being so gender-sensitive

[GreatToKnow]

thanks for being so gender-sensitive

your welcome. well female officers dont have balls so i had to point it out.
i mean you cant say "Hey i hope it gets an officer in the balls" what if it was a female officer? this way i covered both. Maybe gentiles would have been a universal word for both sexes.

talking of sex do you wana:rolleyes: ?

[tariel]

If it had hit someone, he would be facing murder charges.

[GreatToKnow]

If it had hit someone, he would be facing murder charges.

What about if he hit a dead person? with it.

[ratfrink]

Good. As angry as you might be (and perhaps rightfully so, but that's another thread), there's no excuse for doing something so reckless. Way to destroy the credibility of the protest, too.

inb4 'stupid violent liberals', except that I've already seen that posted on Facebook.

[litefire]

LOL at the video
the crowd chanting "Stop throwing shit!"

terrible photographer, too.

[White Jesus]

What about if he hit a dead person? with it.

Defiling a corpse is a serious offence

[Former_Member]

Eh, I guess he should be done for it.

But the level of support for the police is fairly disturbing, because we aren't too far from the point where killing police officers becomes morally (if not practically, which is some distance away) justifiable.

[King of the world]

But the level of support for the police is fairly disturbing, because we aren't too far from the point where killing police officers becomes morally (if not practically, which is some distance away) justifiable.

1st post of yours I've agreed with. Well done.

[Former_Member]

1st post of yours I've agreed with. Well done.

For the wrong reasons.
Don't take comfort, if the political situation ever does get to that seriously fucked up, regime-ending stage- I'll be killing your kind long before the state needs sorting.

[King of the world]

For the wrong reasons.
Don't take comfort, if the political situation ever does get to that seriously fucked up, regime-ending stage- I'll be killing your kind long before the state needs sorting.

Lol, sure you will, Rambo.

[SnowmanJoe]

oh shit!! i live there!! didn't hear about it though. attempted murder?? gbh at most i think. british cops are such a fuckin joke sometimes, they try to be all proper and official, but when fights break out they just fuck off back because they know their little baton won't do shit.

[King of the world]

oh shit!! i live there!! didn't hear about it though. attempted murder?? gbh at most i think. british cops are such a fuckin joke sometimes, they try to be all proper and official, but when fights break out they just fuck off back because they know their little baton won't do shit.

This vid will make you laugh;

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It's like Raoul Moat said as well, they're just bullies who pick easy targets.

[Malice]

But the level of support for the police is fairly disturbing, because we aren't too far from the point where killing police officers becomes morally (if not practically, which is some distance away) justifiable.

Why aren't we at that point yet?

Stupid fucking liberals, too cowardly and weak to be willing to use violence to achieve their ends. It's also a shame so many anarchists are fucking leftists.

[King of the world]

It's also a shame so many anarchists are fucking leftists.

FUCKING THIS!

Hey, just seen you're in Bay Area. You heard of BANA?

[Jack]

your welcome. well female officers dont have balls so i had to point it out.
i mean you cant say "Hey i hope it gets an officer in the balls" what if it was a female officer? this way i covered both. Maybe gentiles would have been a universal word for both sexes.

talking of sex do you wana:rolleyes: ?

Yeah just say genitals; if you hit a female in the cuntular area it works the same.

[Malice]

FUCKING THIS!

Hey, just seen you're in Bay Area. You heard of BANA?

Yeah, it seems I've googled it before. You might have mentioned it, I can't recall.

Lol, I'm not quite white and quite honestly I'm strongly against all cultures. I'm really more of a go it alone anarcho-capitalist.

I'm sure they'd be more willing to get shit done than these damn commie college kids, though.

[Struwwelpeter]

Ryan1711 could not kill a carrot.

The dude with the fire extinguisher should be given a medal of honor. Too bad he did not toss a pipe bomb or a bag of cyanide at those faggots.

[Impolite]

Ha, I JUST did a newspaper article on the protest and saw the title of this thread and KNEW it was the same incident.

[TruthWielder]

ITT: A bunch of tools whining about losing their government handouts and acting like violent children.

[Struwwelpeter]

God forbid the citizens be violent! Violence is reserved for police and military only!

[TruthWielder]

God forbid the citizens be violent! Violence is reserved for police and military only!

In the realm of moral dichotomies you have good and evil along with order and chaos.

Order cannot exist without good, good cannot exist without order. Mobs of violent protestors do one thing: alienate them from the "orderly" lawful establishment and make them seem like a bunch of yahoos to the common man who would otherwise support their cause if it came with any rhyme or reason.

Anyway, 100 letters to your representatives, 10 town hall meetings, or just 1 more politician supporting you does more than just trying to lash out at police officers because of your protofacsism/protoanarchism induced tantrums.

[Crashwangdoodle]

That's pretty fucking retarded, he could have killed a protestor...
And it's very convenient how they forget how many people the police have accidentally killed. By no means do I agree to him throwing a fire extinguisher, but seriously, maybe a balloon or something like that :D

[Struwwelpeter]

Whoever Jack is, he's a dumbass for thanking that post.

[GreatToKnow]

In the realm of moral dichotomies you have good and evil along with order and chaos.

Order cannot exist without good, good cannot exist without order. Mobs of violent protestors do one thing: alienate them from the "orderly" lawful establishment and make them seem like a bunch of yahoos to the common man who would otherwise support their cause if it came with any rhyme or reason.

Anyway, 100 letters to your representatives, 10 town hall meetings, or just 1 more politician supporting you does more than just trying to lash out at police officers because of your protofacsism/protoanarchism induced tantrums.

Every one has a chose to chose which side to fight on. I do not feel sorry for the police why? because they are not so innocent most of them act criminally i have proof of this.

If police want respect then they should respect the people. Its us who pay their wages its because of us that they have jobs.
their duty is to uphold the law not to break the law.
Many officers in that protest will have broken the law daily i am 110% certain of this because the cation they use when arresting people is illegal and
if that is illegal the arrest was unlawful.

Looking at today's protest they violated a basic law. Refusing to let those get out to the bathroom that there is a rights violation.

[TruthWielder]

Every one has a chose to chose which side to fight on. I do not feel sorry for the police why? because they are not so innocent most of them act criminally i have proof of this.

If police want respect then they should respect the people. Its us who pay their wages its because of us that they have jobs.
their duty is to uphold the law not to break the law.
Many officers in that protest will have broken the law daily i am 110% certain of this because the cation they use when arresting people is illegal and
if that is illegal the arrest was unlawful.

Looking at today's protest they violated a basic law. Refusing to let those get out to the bathroom that there is a rights violation.

First of all, you're creating a false dichotomy. You don't have to fight on the side of the police or protesters at all.

I don't know where you live but most police respect people where I'm from. If you're mad because an officer gave you lip when you were skateboarding on private property the other day go whine somewhere else. The police enforce the law to the best of their abilities. They have methods of evaluation and performance assessment.

And when it comes to officers breaking the law, or generally being horrible you've offered me no proof, no evidence, no statistics. Sorry, but stupid riots are less acceptable than the occasional stupid cop.

[GreatToKnow]

First of all, you're creating a false dichotomy. You don't have to fight on the side of the police or protesters at all.

I don't know where you live but most police respect people where I'm from. If you're mad because an officer gave you lip when you were skateboarding on private property the other day go whine somewhere else. The police enforce the law to the best of their abilities. They have methods of evaluation and performance assessment.

And when it comes to officers breaking the law, or generally being horrible you've offered me no proof, no evidence, no statistics. Sorry, but stupid riots are less acceptable than the occasional stupid cop.

You are a stupid American. Come the uk and see what the police are really like.

I got mad at them when they refused to recognize my rights and arrested me for self defense at least you Yankees have cops that recognize the right to defend yourself against an attacker.

the only fucking big criminals over here are the police and government.
you would not last 5 mins over here

[TruthWielder]

You are a stupid American. Come the uk and see what the police are really like.

I got mad at them when they refused to recognize my rights and arrested me for self defense at least you Yankees have cops that recognize the right to defend yourself against an attacker.

the only fucking big criminals over here are the police and government.
you would not last 5 mins over here

Oh yeah, I'm a stupid American because I don't throw fire extinguishers at cops. You're a fucking moron. You don't hit a cop. Period. Not in America, not in England. IF they detain you they can't hold your for no reason. You are possessed by anger and groupthink mentality, acting like animals rather than the civil people you should be. Ironic that your doing this for an education huh?

I would not last five minutes over there? Yeah, your food would probably make me vomit out my entrails. I live in Miami son, and the neighborhoods that I work in would make your asshole pucker.

[King of the world]

Shut up, no one cares, you're a pussy, not civilized.

[TruthWielder]

Shut up, no one cares, you're a pussy, not civilized.

Sure little miss Angel of Death. Go play somewhere else.

[King of the world]

Sure little miss Angel of Death. Go play somewhere else.

Wanna play in the traffric with me?

[ilovechronic]

So did it even hit anyone or are they basing this all off that it "could have killed an officer."

[TruthWielder]

Wanna play in the traffric with me?

I usually stop my car when I see a homeless disturbed person on the street asking for help/money but for a such a xenophobic deluded bigot as yourself I think I'll pass.

[King of the world]

I usually stop my car when I see a homeless disturbed person on the street asking for help/money but for a such a xenophobic deluded bigot as yourself I think I'll pass.

Too bad I said play in the traffric and not the traffic, moron. Oh and save it with the emotional psycho-babble buzzwords. I don't really want to play with you anymore now, you're boring. Too bad, you could have had a friend in me.

[TruthWielder]

Too bad I said play in the traffric and not the traffic, moron. Oh and save it with the emotional psycho-babble buzzwords. I don't really want to play with you anymore now, you're boring. Too bad, you could have had a friend in me.

You're seriously too stupid to insult. Having you for a friend would be like having a bee hive for an air filter.

[King of the world]

TruthWielder, you are a bastard, you are so fucking mean to me it hurts :o

[ayingerbrau]

TruthWielder just wants to stay in and watch Pulp Fiction like every other pussy, another cunt who believes everything he reads. Look at his stance on violence, LOL!

[TruthWielder]

TruthWielder just wants to stay in and watch Pulp Fiction like every other pussy, another cunt who believes everything he reads. Look at his stance on violence, LOL!

What do you know of my stance on violence? I can't wait to gleefully respond.

[Shishananee]

As long as there isn't a death by firing squad, I can care less how bad you think your cops are.

Some dumbass throws shit off of a roof, that warrants some sort of consequence, especially from such a stupid action.