Editor: I’m sure the working title for this article is a phrase the UK Police must hear often, possibly more so now than ever before as ever-increasing numbers of the British people clearly feel that we are living in an era of Two-Tier Policing.
It is not just the police who are getting it in the neck, it is also the judiciary as more and more people believe that the judiciary are treating differing groups of people more favourably than others.
It gets much worse when people begin to question whether both the police and a Judicial System are no longer independent or ringfenced from political interference – if they ever have been?
The alleged politicisation of these once nationally and internationally revered organisations has, in my opinion, always operated on the periphery of political influence, whilst at the same time each organisation involved has maintained and observed the necessary etiquette of not making any relationship too obvious.
That all changed when the Labour Party came into power during 2024 led by the now Prime Minister, ‘wotsizname,’ because never has the relationship, between the government, the justice system and the authorities who enforce the rule of law, been so obvious, again, in my opinion.
It indeed was a grave day for the UK when ‘wotsizname’ waltzed into power having been given the trust of the citizens, most of whom probably never understood who or what they were in fact voting for, choosing to enter their X in the ‘hopium box’ or in this case the Labour Party ‘ticky box,’ especially given that there was no ‘real’ alternative, at least not since Nick Clegg threw his Liberal Democrat Party under the bus (see below articles).
I think it is fair to say that the British Police are on a hiding to nothing and can not do right for doing wrong. Personally speaking I believe that far too much is asked or expected of the police, and it is not helped when they leave themselves open to criticism and or scrutiny by the Mainstream Media who in fairness, are only fulfilling one of their responsibilities, and that is to hold big organisations and governments to account, hence their special freedoms
So, one has to ask why is it that people who protest peacefully are the bad guys and gals, people who have no other intention than to highlight an International Genocide that is / has taken place in the Middle East, a Genocide supposedly halted by the intervention of the USA, or to be more precise, its President, Donald J Trump, the man in charge of the country which in part, or wholly, supplied the super-destructive weapons that ‘pulverised’ Gaza.
Anyways, meet Laura Merton, a person who only wanted to highlight the plight of the ongoing Genocide being conducted against defenceless women and children by an occupying powerful military machine.
Yes, she was holding up a sign at the roadside to draw attention to the public concerning the inhumane treatment of a people, our fellow human beings who have equal rights under international law to be protected.
Ms Merton’s voice was silent preferring to choose the medium of a placard, a sign yet despite its size was clearly making enough noise to attract the attention of the police.
Perhaps her placard message did reach a portion of the international audience that day, you know, the governments who had then deliberately and collectively ignored the human rights violations being committed daily against the Palestinian peoples,’ either way, we should at least admire and respect her selfless act as well as her courage.
Now, watch the video and meet the two officers who stopped and spoke to Ms Merton. It is not our intention to criticise the officers, because we do not know what training they have received, given the multitude of laws, regulations and legislation they are required to be ‘expert’ in, which is obviously an impossible ask:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWBYdHxPEIQ
NOTE: At Red Brick we have a policy that no one should have their hands in their pockets whilst they are at work. It is not a positive image for our organisation or an engaging one, so yes, perhaps a slight criticism, but only a small one, however, to all the modern cops who we see each and every day on Youtube videos ‘Bob the Gob’ says: ‘GET YOUR HAND OUT OF YOUR FECKIN POCKETS!’
Although in order to address the balance we have to be grateful for the police on the day, so we have had our Graphics and AI Department prepare an image of the type of scenario the two police officers, acting in good faith, were trying to avoid.
Red Brick reconstruction of what did not happen.
However, with the obvious politicisation of the police (see ANTIFA for examples), it would be interesting to know what instructions and or conflicting information the two officers might have received prior to or during the demonstration attended by Ms Merton.
How many supervisors was there on duty that day managing the demonstration, supervisors whose arses were parked far away ‘behind the lines in rear echelon’ forming part of the police Micro Management Command Group, supervisors whose own experiences and time spent ‘actually policing’ up at the ‘sharp end,’ is likely to have involved tea and biscuits at the women’s institute cake decorating presentation, or cutting the ribbon to celebrate the opening of an LGBTQ Police Recruitment Stand at the local polytechnic.
Now that we know that standing in a public place, especially at a roadside holding a sign drawing attention to what is clearly a Genocide taking place in Gaza, could easily result in the ‘authorities’ employing Articles contained within the Human Rights Act and combining them together with an individual’s ‘Blue Sky Thinking’ and then, finally, adding a tad of authoritative overreach, could well result in the arrest of the person holding the sign in order to prevent a dangerous distraction to motorists driving by.
The Home Secretary is the boss the cops are answerable to, senior cops that is, because senior cops shovel the shite they receive from aloft downhill, and it is the ever diminishing handful cops who, as I have said, work at the sharp end, who become the deliverers of political instruction and are no longer protected by the phrase ‘don’t shoot the messenger.’
Sadly, shoot the public will, because front line police are the only visible face of authority and the uniform they are wearing begins to look more like a bullseye, becoming the target, being blamed for all society’s ills and whilst they might not be created by them, they are the ones left ‘holding the baby.’
With this in mind we have to ask ourselves: Where does the madness end and to highlight the ridiculousness of Laura Merton’s plight, we have created several memes highlighting the many distractions the public are subjected to each and every day and not just to motorists.
So, people, laugh as you might, none of the following is beyond the realms of possibility, because you are about to enter…. the Red Brick Zone:
