Protesters complaining of assault

tapzilla2k

It was a complete over reaction and most unbecoming of an elected Member of Parliament. As others have said if you can be charged with assault for throwing a milkshake at some one, then Field should be charged with assault for manhandling the protester. There are ways of removing protestors safely with the correct amount of force. Field showed none of that restraint or the skills to remove the protestor safely. In the end all he's done is create the perfect PR storm for Greenpeace and will likely lose his ministerial post sooner than he'd like.  

If she had acid ? Manhandling her like that would have likely caused it to be splashed all over the place likely hitting a lot of people. I've had a tiny amount of concentrated sulphuric go through two latex gloves and then hit my exposed skin. It hurt for a good while even as it was being dealt with (I do have a low tolerance for pain though).

IronGiant

Too many snowflakes taking offence on someone else's behalf?

IronGiant

It would likely have gone all over the place?   pure fantasy...
He held her round the neck, are you suggesting she had it in her mouth

Lesmor

Having read his reasons behind what was a impulsive reaction in this case I believe he was justified
we have had MP's murdered and a suggestion of using battery acid in favour of a milkshake
As has been said elsewhere if it turned out that she had a weapon he would be deemed a hero

Greenpeace are hypocrites using rubber boats made with oil  powered by hydrocarbons dressed with protective clothing all made by oil and with no plan B for an alternative

In response Oil companies should cease production immediately, and sack the millions of employees
Power stations should shutdown immediately, and put the country back to the 70s but worse an era of complete Blackout
once petrol stations run dry no portable gennys no tilly lamps  there would be a change of tune from the greens

Everyone should be forced to get rid of their clothes as they are all invariable made with oil or  oil is used in the process
We should all be forced to stop breathing Co2 or wear a mask that filters it

Yes we need to save the planet and an alternative to hydrocarbons but Greenpeace should be tackling and suggesting how we can stop using plastic, how we can clean up the plastic pollution that already exists
reducing plastic would automatically reduce the demand for oil to produce it

Where was Greenpeace and all the Greens when the rain forests, which were the planets natural Co2 filter, being decimated in the 70's

Sonic67

Except they had every right to be holding a dinner, the protestors weren't allowed to be there. When Lesbian protestors stormed into the BBC one of them was sat on.

May 23rd, 1988. Section 28. Lesbians invade BBC - Gay in the 80s

                                                                               

And that was the politically correct BBC.

Because he wasn't trained to. Security presumably was and they had failed.
Depends. Outside the liberals there's quite a few who'd be thinking "well done."
And if it was gun? Knife? It was someone who'd got past security, in a room full of VIPs. I'm surprised she wasn't rugby tackled if she was going for the top table.

IronGiant

The only issue here in my mind is why the security arrangements were so poor the guests had to arrange the eviction themselves.  We don't have full video of the incident but it does look like most of the women were intercepted and this one went around the back and was approaching the top table alone.   Field made a spur of the moment decision to stop her.  He is not trained to do this and he may have used more force than necessary.

There is a time and a place for peaceful protest (in public) and this wasn't it.  Perhaps she needs to take a course in acceptable behaviour.

richp007

At least I know now I can use the word snowflake without getting banned

Disappointing though you think that. I take offence because he exercised more physical restraint than was necessary.

I would expect most reasonable people to agree on that.

tapzilla2k

I should have phrased it better, if it were in her hand in an unsealed container there might have been a small risk of acid splashing somebody in the face if said container flew out of her hand. You have about 10 seconds to wash acid off after it's hit soft tissue.

IronGiant

If it was in her hand, if it was unsealed, if it flew out of her hand, it might...

On the one hand we have people saying why pin her to the wall as she was harmless, but you've come up with a new idea that she shouldn't have been tackled in case she was dangerous.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Funny thing is that me, and my ushers did that to a DJ at our wedding. We did it so quick my wife didn’t even notice it. They literally picked him up and dropped him outside.

Nothing wrong with using a little persuasion where required. The protestors know what they are doing and had their five minutes of fame.