12-06-2014, 11:04 AM
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Re: Water Cannons
Trouble is they have no permission to use them, if they don't pass the bill allowing their use then they are a huge waste of money. They seem to have bought them speculating they will become legal to use, have we really got enough money to speculate in this way ?
12-06-2014, 12:14 PM
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Re: Water Cannons
I think if we had more riots in London as we saw in 2011, permission would be pretty quick in coming. I'm in two minds about this. I don't want to see the police using water cannon against legitimate political protest, but, on the other hand, I don't want to see the kind of opportunist "consumerist" rioting we had in 2011 while the police just stand back and watch (which is basically what happened in those riots). Within walking distance of where I live, in Ealing, a 66yr old man was killed by a rioter when he had the temerity to try to talk to some of the rioters and dissuade them from their activities. The police were nowhere to be seen and local shopkeepers had to try to protect their own premises. To be honest I would have been tempted to use flamethrowers against them, let alone water cannon!
12-06-2014, 02:50 PM
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Re: Water Cannons
The NSW government bought one in 2007 , it cost $700000 and is depreciating at a rapid rate. It has never been used. Total waste of money.http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/water-waste-of-money-riot-squads-unused-white-elephant-cops-a-spray-20111201-1o99g.html
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