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Brighton G20 protester's criminal record for demo disorder

Nicky Fisher Nicky Fisher

The G20 protester slapped by a police officer has been arrested at a demonstration in the past, The Argus can reveal.

Nicola Fisher, of Wakefield Road, Brighton, has been thrust into the national spotlight after footage of the assault on her was posted on YouTube.

She has been accused in some sections of the media of provoking her attacker.

The incident on April 2 is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

It was one of several incidents which have prompted a national debate over policing at demonstrations, including the death of Ian Tomlinson after he was shoved by a policeman.

The Argus can reveal the incident was not the first time Miss Fisher, known to her friends as Nicky, has been a prominent figure in protests.

She was arrested outside the Brighton Centre in June 1993 as hundreds of animal rights campaigners demonstrated at a vivisectionists' conference.

Miss Fisher burst from the crowd to throw water from a plastic bottle over a delegate and was grabbed by a policeman. It was reported at the time that she had thrown the rest of the bottle at the officer.

She was charged with disorderly behaviour but given a conditional discharge by magistrates.

Miss Fisher has been in hiding for days but spoke to The Argus before returning home at the weekend.

She admitted pouring water over the vivisectionist but denied throwing water or a bottle at the policeman.

She said: "I didn't have a run in with the police in 1993, I poured the water over a vivisector and I got arrested. I got grabbed from behind by both arms and I didn't know who was grabbing me and chucked the bottle on the floor."

The five foot tall 35-year-old said she was not violent but was passionate about the causes she believed in, particularly animal welfare and climate change, and was prepared to stand up for them.

She said she did not dislike the police, have a grudge against them or deliberately try to wind them up.

She added that the Brighton Centre incident happened in a heated moment when she was 19 and although she has continued to attend protests, she now stays away from the "front line".

She said she was shocked and traumatised by what had happened to her in London and hoped it would lead to changes in policing.

She said: "There's a wider problem with the whole police force, their training, their tactics."

Ms Fisher showed the long black and red bruise on her thigh where she was hit by the policeman's baton. The sergeant, who works for the Territorial Support Group, has been suspended from duty pending the IPCC inquiry.

She said: “It was very violent and aggressive and unnecessary."

Unemployed Miss Fisher, who lives with her dog Poppy and her boyfriend Gavin Shepherd, 30, works as a volunteer for East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service.

She said she would use money earned by selling her story to a national paper to support her to continue working voluntarily.

She denied she would receive £50,000 as part of a deal with publicist Max Clifford, as has been reported.

Comments(79)

Tye says...
8:35am Mon 20 Apr 09

A professional pain in the a***, scrounges on the State
Surely "working voluntarily" stops HER getting a job - perhaps that needs to be investigated?

Jim BB says...
8:45am Mon 20 Apr 09

I think this poor girl needs to see a doctor - my bruises certainly don't last that long...

Great security word, cash-idea. Think that says it all - £50K from dear old Max and wants more from the police despite her behaviour clearly being provocative on the tape - but the poor, defenceless woman denies swearing - despite the evidence.

miasc says...
9:03am Mon 20 Apr 09

it still isnt right for the police to attack people who have a democratic right to protest, this is simler to the veal exports at shoreham where old age pensioners were attacked by the police its about time some of you got off the fence and saw what is happening

PB says...
9:05am Mon 20 Apr 09

If she already has a criminal record she won't be allowed to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Perhaps, as the Criminal Records Bureau spreads its tentacles, she won't be allowed to work with animals.

Then what?

Junglist Massive says...
9:12am Mon 20 Apr 09

Stop given her the column inches she so badly wants! I don't know ONE person who is on her side (then again, everyone I know has a JOB that they're hoping keep).

Junglist Massive says...
9:13am Mon 20 Apr 09

miasc wrote:
it still isnt right for the police to attack people who have a democratic right to protest, this is simler to the veal exports at shoreham where old age pensioners were attacked by the police its about time some of you got off the fence and saw what is happening
ummm... No, because when youre abusive to the police, threaten violence, spit in their faces and don't move along when you're asked to.............

Osama bin there says...
9:17am Mon 20 Apr 09

I would like to know why we have a social security system in place that allows an able bodied woman to decide to take path doing voluntary work - and still be funded (presumably) by the government.
I have no problem with her doing her voluntary work as long as she is not scrounging off the social security system to do it.
You are normally expected to do volunteer work in your spare time, after work - not instead of work.
It's my guess that she has never done a proper job in her life.

Junglist Massive says...
9:17am Mon 20 Apr 09

PB wrote:
If she already has a criminal record she won't be allowed to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Perhaps, as the Criminal Records Bureau spreads its tentacles, she won't be allowed to work with animals.

Then what?
Wrong. You can still work with Children and Vulnerable Adults if you have a Criminal Record. It just depends on what you did. For example, if you were convicted of vandalism (graffiti), that's fine. If you were convicted of rape, that's not fine.

dogger says...
9:21am Mon 20 Apr 09

You get into bed with Max Clifford and suddenly you don't seem quite so credible.

garyc says...
9:32am Mon 20 Apr 09

The police are always up for a bit of action

mackeson says...
9:48am Mon 20 Apr 09

"Ms Fisher showed the long black and red bruise on her thigh where she was hit by the policeman's baton."

£50,000 for one bruise.

"Nice work if you can get it"

Pee-Jay says...
9:52am Mon 20 Apr 09

Oh dear she got a slap before she could break a window or stick a knife into a police Horse. What a great shame.
Iam not over keen on the Police, BUT we must have them.

simonp503 says...
9:56am Mon 20 Apr 09

Get a job u lazy mare,no wonder shes got so much time on her hands going to these protests paid 4 by us.
Still sounds like shes gonna get the biggest Giro of her life.

Txa says...
10:29am Mon 20 Apr 09

Waiting for one of you to get a criminal record for one of the minor offenses(putting your rubbish out the wrong day), and then it'll be OK to abused you for life.??

CaptainStarbucks says...
10:44am Mon 20 Apr 09

I suppose now Max Clifford's biggest cash cow has popped her clogs he needs another sucker.

Leon says...
10:56am Mon 20 Apr 09

"...although she has continued to attend protests, she now stays away from the "front line"...."

Er, I don't think so! If the front line is where the protesters stop and the police line starts – she looks pretty "in the thick of it" in the footage.
___________

"...There's a wider problem with the whole police force, their training, their tactics..."

Osama Bin there I hear what you're saying but it seems we may have been wrong. It appears she is also a part-time consultant - advising the police on their Training Curriculum as well as being a resident expert on riot and protest tactics. Maybe this is her paid work.



rudechris says...
11:05am Mon 20 Apr 09

She is definitely an ex-smackhead she cant even put a sentence together without slurring! Get a job Loser!

simonp503 says...
11:07am Mon 20 Apr 09

She has made a lifestyle choice which is not to work and live on benefits paid for by people who do work pay tax and probably don't have time protesting every trendy issue that she does.Lets face it if you are going 2 gob off at riot police then more than likely you are going to get a slap and for her and her mates its all part of a fun day out,waste of space.

Made In Sussex says...
11:41am Mon 20 Apr 09

This woman looks like a pretentious brightonian attention seeker..all credibility lost when the name Max Clifford pops up but I guess now Jade Goody is dead he has to pay the bills somehow!

Osama bin there says...
11:43am Mon 20 Apr 09

Not much of a bruise either. You can hardly see it on the video. I thought it was going to be a whopper.
What a fuss about nothing.
I wonder who dug up her previous conviction. If it was the Argus - well done.
Social security scrounger of the worst kind.

GaryS9 says...
12:03pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Is anyone really suprised? What was she doing in the Policeman's face anyway - what was she screaming? A trouble making whinger who needs to grow up

jo w says...
12:08pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Criminal record as long as my arm, is/was a drug addict, lazy benefit scrounger, police harrasser - clearly self-respect isn't important to her.

Tye says...
12:08pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Made In Sussex wrote:
This woman looks like a pretentious brightonian attention seeker..all credibility lost when the name Max Clifford pops up but I guess now Jade Goody is dead he has to pay the bills somehow!
Its a good point - a lot of "protestors" come from Brighton

Is the "dole" office full of gullible idiots who will hand over our money to media savvy scum?

reminder - the green custard/mandelson case being a recent story

jo w says...
12:09pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Osama bin there - her criminal record was all over the nationals at the weekend, there's a lot more than one conviction!!

tinkywinky says...
12:19pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon?

If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus?

It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.

jonathon says...
12:26pm Mon 20 Apr 09

This woman is a f---ing idiot. It would seem she's never done a days work in her life.

Osama bin there says...
12:42pm Mon 20 Apr 09

tinkywinky wrote:
Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future?
The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it.
Have you ever heard of libel?

phaser says...
12:50pm Mon 20 Apr 09

I'd quite happily take one across the back of the legs for 50k

Osama bin there says...
12:55pm Mon 20 Apr 09

jo w wrote:
Osama bin there - her criminal record was all over the nationals at the weekend, there's a lot more than one conviction!!
Just had a look...
She apparently has ...'a string of drug and shoplifting convictions'.. The Telegraph.

phaser says...
1:09pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Look at the state of it. Chancer.
No one should really receive a slap from the law but I would not be surprised in the slightest if she had gone up there looking for a ruck and one of her crusty mates was the one filming it on his phone and then sold it to the papers. Double kerr-ching

Granny says...
1:12pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Her previous record of misdoings were fully reported in the Mail as well. If she is fit enough to do voluntary work then she is fit enough to earn a living and stop being another drain on the state, probably like the majority of the other protesters

Joeyeah_right says...
1:33pm Mon 20 Apr 09

It doesn't matter if she provoked the polieceman or not, the fact is he shouldn't have reacted violently towards her slapping her in the face first and then using his baton to hit her legs.

The police should be trained to ignore provocation. Their duty is to uphold the law, not to hit people.
Also, why, at the g20 demos, did a number of these police remove or obscure their police number? Makes one think they didn't want to be identified... I wonder why?

Bobster says...
1:40pm Mon 20 Apr 09

tinkywinky wrote:
Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Ian who?


Bobster says...
1:42pm Mon 20 Apr 09

tinkywinky wrote:
Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Oh and 'femail' is spelled wrong.

It should read:'Jobless smelly layabout'.

simonp503 says...
1:50pm Mon 20 Apr 09

phaser wrote:
Look at the state of it. Chancer. No one should really receive a slap from the law but I would not be surprised in the slightest if she had gone up there looking for a ruck and one of her crusty mates was the one filming it on his phone and then sold it to the papers. Double kerr-ching
Spot on,could'nt hav put it better myself phaser,the copper should get a promotion and pay rise and she needs 2 get her sorry arse down the job centre.

Redbeard says...
2:27pm Mon 20 Apr 09

You can just tell by looking at her she is/was a junkie and a crusty, just putting on a nice dress does not hide the fact. Protesting about wasted money and capitalism, lets take away the benefits then and save some cash...see how she deals with that.
Security word, away-gold...ho ho.

phaser says...
2:33pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Popular girl it appears. I wonder where she'll spend her cash - I might see if I can pop down and bum a pint and a couple of roll ups off her

RickH says...
3:34pm Mon 20 Apr 09

I would suggest that a number of the contributers to this 'debate' need to go away and learn the meaning and application of 'ad hominem' before continuing to make **** of themselves!

Redbeard says...
3:53pm Mon 20 Apr 09

RickH wrote:
I would suggest that a number of the contributers to this 'debate' need to go away and learn the meaning and application of 'ad hominem' before continuing to make **** of themselves!
One of the most widely misused terms on the Net is "ad hominem". It is most often introduced into a discussion by certain delicate types, delicate of personality and mind, whenever their opponents resort to a bit of sarcasm. As soon as the suspicion of an insult appears, they summon the angels of ad hominem to smite down their foes, before ascending to argument heaven in a blaze of sanctimonious glory. They may not have much up top, but by God, they don't need it when they've got ad hominem on their side. It's the secret weapon that delivers them from any argument unscathed.

In reality, ad hominem is unrelated to sarcasm or personal abuse. Argumentum ad hominem is the logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a speaker's argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the argument. The mere presence of a personal attack does not indicate ad hominem: the attack must be used for the purpose of undermining the argument, or otherwise the logical fallacy isn't there. It is not a logical fallacy to attack someone; the fallacy comes from assuming that a personal attack is also necessarily an attack on that person's arguments.

Therefore, if you can't demonstrate that your opponent is trying to counter your argument by attacking you, you can't demonstrate that he is resorting to ad hominem. If your opponent's sarcasm is not an attempt to counter your argument, but merely an attempt to insult you (or amuse the bystanders), then it is not part of an ad hominem argument.

Actual instances of argumentum ad hominem are relatively rare. Ironically, the fallacy is most often committed by those who accuse their opponents of ad hominem, since they try to dismiss the opposition not by engaging with their arguments, but by claiming that they resort to personal attacks. Those who are quick to squeal "ad hominem" are often guilty of several other logical fallacies, including one of the worst of all: the fallacious belief that introducing an impressive-sounding Latin term somehow gives one the decisive edge in an argument.

wunda says...
3:53pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Brighton is unfortunately absolutely loaded with scum of the earth people like this and it appears to be getting worse as well.

anticowley says...
3:57pm Mon 20 Apr 09

rick h- i would suggest that you learn to spell 'contributor' before you make a **** of yourself (ooops...too late). and pray please explain what term of abuse has four letters in its plural form...

i hope that sopmeone from the jobcetre's read this and that the money this workshy professional troublemaker (sorry, 'grassroots activist') has earned from selling her story is docked from her dole.

Osama bin there says...
4:07pm Mon 20 Apr 09

anticowley wrote:
rick h- i would suggest that you learn to spell 'contributor' before you make a **** of yourself (ooops...too late). and pray please explain what term of abuse has four letters in its plural form... i hope that sopmeone from the jobcetre's read this and that the money this workshy professional troublemaker (sorry, 'grassroots activist') has earned from selling her story is docked from her dole.
Well, if she earns more than £7000 out of she doesn't qualify for any sort of state handout until the amount she has reaches £7000 again.
If she continues to draw benefits whilst having more than £7000 in her possession it's illegal.
But I'm sure Max Clifford will have found a way around that little hurdle for her.
And it won't be finding her a job!

str8outtaDC says...
4:09pm Mon 20 Apr 09

So it is ok for a policeman to slap a woman in the face who swears at him and then hit here with his truncheon?

I hope the UK media, including the Argus, are ashamed of themselves after playing up 'violence' from protesters before the G20 marches.

These videos confirm what many of us who attend protests already knew. That many of the police in attendance are bullying thugs desperate for a chance to steam in.

anticowley says...
4:20pm Mon 20 Apr 09

str8outtadc- yes...please explain though why it would be so tough on the organisers of the protests to police themselves and ensure that their cause is not undermined by idiots like this provoking the police?

having attended plenty of demos myself, i know that there is always a core of idiots intent on winding up the old bill and then crying 'brutality' if they get hit. you only have to look at the masked idiots who marched in favour of closing edo to have evidence of that.

bet you a penny to a pinch of pig***t that she'll be at the 'smash edo' tea party

PB says...
4:28pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Granny wrote:
Her previous record of misdoings were fully reported in the Mail as well. If she is fit enough to do voluntary work then she is fit enough to earn a living and stop being another drain on the state, probably like the majority of the other protesters
In the days immediately after the G20 protests, The Daily Mail insisted that the protesters obstructed paramedics on their way to assist Ian Tomlinson. The Mail doesn't always get it right.

Made In Sussex says...
4:28pm Mon 20 Apr 09

"Brighton is unfortunately absolutely loaded with scum of the earth people like this and it appears to be getting worse as well."

Funny that because most people posting on here that come from Brighton jump to its defense whenever the suggestion is made and instead point out that all chavs, scum etc live anywhere but Brighton..seems they were wrong!

Frank En'stein says...
4:43pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Nice legs and a dirty looking bird (sexually) i'd give it one.

brightonchris says...
4:50pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Being unemployed, You are supposed to be available to work. I hardly think demonstrating is classed as available for work. Wonder what she put in her job diary for that day? I am all for lawful protests and living in a free country long may that go on.

PETE OF QUEENS PARK says...
5:15pm Mon 20 Apr 09

I bet she is loving all this attention,and until someone finds out how she can afford to keep going to all these protest and doing so called charity work she will never find a job,Stop her benifits strait away. I worked all my life and paid for a pension and what benifits can I get now, NONE

Txa says...
5:32pm Mon 20 Apr 09

I propose an idea, for those who are so unhappy in their work places and paying taxes. The govt. should consider a swapping places scheme with the unemployed.

Granny says...
5:44pm Mon 20 Apr 09

PETE OF QUEENS PARK I agree with you wholeheartedly. I too have paid my dues all my working life and get s*d all! I often wonder if it was worth it.

Txa says...
5:48pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Txa wrote:
I propose an idea, for those who are so unhappy in their work places and paying taxes. The govt. should consider a swapping places scheme with the unemployed.
Aaah! but having a job is not right anymore, it's a privilege!?

cheezburger says...
5:55pm Mon 20 Apr 09

She has made a lot of money being beat up. Hopefully she will get beaten up again soon ;)

tinkywinky says...
6:12pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote: Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future? The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it. Have you ever heard of libel?
Whatever. Get a life.

Bog Vern says...
6:56pm Mon 20 Apr 09

I think too many people have moved away from the important issues with this journalistic piece. The main issue here quite clearly is;

What has she done to her hair!!

str8outtaDC says...
7:04pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Capitalism in crisis, the world heading toward environmental meltdown, the rich and powerful doing nothing about it.

But the good people of Brighton are seemingly more concerned whether the victims of police violence at a protest against the above are "on benefits".

Thats obviously the most important thing...and bring back national service!

Shebacat says...
7:12pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Good for Nicky. She cares passionately and stands in the front line. Let's not listen to all these fuddy duddies about 'she's chosen a lifestyle' blah blah. If I'd been at that demo at the vivisectionists conference I would like to throw more than water over them. What they do to defenceless animals is abominable. It wold be different if their work actually had any significance but...years and years down the line they still haven;t found a cure for cancer because they are following the rong track.
The policeman was totally out of order....if he had followed his training he wouldn;t have reacted thus.He was behaving like a civilian reacting to a bit of aggro. Well done, Nicky. If you get the dosh help the animals.

MrMisbehavin says...
7:19pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Shebcat wrote: She cares passionately and stands in the front line


yet in the article the Scrounging Violent Cow states... "and although she has continued to attend protests, she now stays away from the "front line".


So. Can I voluteer to smash the stupid bint's face in at the EDO protest she'll almost certainly attend.

Bog Vern says...
8:10pm Mon 20 Apr 09

str8outtaDC wrote:
Capitalism in crisis, the world heading toward environmental meltdown, the rich and powerful doing nothing about it.

But the good people of Brighton are seemingly more concerned whether the victims of police violence at a protest against the above are "on benefits".

Thats obviously the most important thing...and bring back national service!
Will you please cheer up.

My word, as I sit here on the balcony of my penthouse suite overlooking the sea having done nothing all day because I am so rich I am just glad that you are not sitting next to me at a dinner party.

RickH says...
8:27pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Regardless of what you think of me or my comments (as displayed by the usual range of sub-assinine comments from those barely able to hold an argument, let alone a crayon) there is a principle here that is at stake: the police are there to upheld and enforce the law, NOT be above it; I just hope that you're never on the recieving end of some of the highly questonable behaviour exhibited that day by the 'boys in blue', whether you put yourself in such a position or otherwise.

RickH says...
8:31pm Mon 20 Apr 09

anticowley wrote:
rick h- i would suggest that you learn to spell 'contributor' before you make a **** of yourself (ooops...too late). and pray please explain what term of abuse has four letters in its plural form... i hope that sopmeone from the jobcetre's read this and that the money this workshy professional troublemaker (sorry, 'grassroots activist') has earned from selling her story is docked from her dole.
The term of asbuse is related to the member of the equine family - bit like a donkey but there we go. And spelling or not, the principle is that the police are NOT above the law, regardless of what you, they and many others here seem to believe.

RickH says...
8:44pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Redbeard wrote:
RickH wrote: I would suggest that a number of the contributers to this 'debate' need to go away and learn the meaning and application of 'ad hominem' before continuing to make **** of themselves!
One of the most widely misused terms on the Net is "ad hominem". It is most often introduced into a discussion by certain delicate types, delicate of personality and mind, whenever their opponents resort to a bit of sarcasm. As soon as the suspicion of an insult appears, they summon the angels of ad hominem to smite down their foes, before ascending to argument heaven in a blaze of sanctimonious glory. They may not have much up top, but by God, they don't need it when they've got ad hominem on their side. It's the secret weapon that delivers them from any argument unscathed. In reality, ad hominem is unrelated to sarcasm or personal abuse. Argumentum ad hominem is the logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a speaker's argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the argument. The mere presence of a personal attack does not indicate ad hominem: the attack must be used for the purpose of undermining the argument, or otherwise the logical fallacy isn't there. It is not a logical fallacy to attack someone; the fallacy comes from assuming that a personal attack is also necessarily an attack on that person's arguments. Therefore, if you can't demonstrate that your opponent is trying to counter your argument by attacking you, you can't demonstrate that he is resorting to ad hominem. If your opponent's sarcasm is not an attempt to counter your argument, but merely an attempt to insult you (or amuse the bystanders), then it is not part of an ad hominem argument. Actual instances of argumentum ad hominem are relatively rare. Ironically, the fallacy is most often committed by those who accuse their opponents of ad hominem, since they try to dismiss the opposition not by engaging with their arguments, but by claiming that they resort to personal attacks. Those who are quick to squeal "ad hominem" are often guilty of several other logical fallacies, including one of the worst of all: the fallacious belief that introducing an impressive-sounding Latin term somehow gives one the decisive edge in an argument.
Despite your well constructed and, arguably, loquacious point (which, may I add, is grossly let down by the rather poor attempt at sarcasm at the end) if you'd spent more time actually thinking about the situation I'm sure that you'd realise that the real principle at stake is here that the police are NOT above the law. Whilst it has yet to be proved that this is the case in this and the various other complaints arising from the G20 protest, but somehow I doubt you'll be a verbose if it is proved that the police acted illegally in this and the other instances currently being examined.

Osama bin there says...
10:06pm Mon 20 Apr 09

tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote: Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future? The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it. Have you ever heard of libel?
Whatever. Get a life.
If you are going to post here get your facts right, t0sser.

william of orange says...
10:40pm Mon 20 Apr 09

Redbeard wrote:
RickH wrote: I would suggest that a number of the contributers to this 'debate' need to go away and learn the meaning and application of 'ad hominem' before continuing to make **** of themselves!
One of the most widely misused terms on the Net is "ad hominem". It is most often introduced into a discussion by certain delicate types, delicate of personality and mind, whenever their opponents resort to a bit of sarcasm. As soon as the suspicion of an insult appears, they summon the angels of ad hominem to smite down their foes, before ascending to argument heaven in a blaze of sanctimonious glory. They may not have much up top, but by God, they don't need it when they've got ad hominem on their side. It's the secret weapon that delivers them from any argument unscathed. In reality, ad hominem is unrelated to sarcasm or personal abuse. Argumentum ad hominem is the logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a speaker's argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the argument. The mere presence of a personal attack does not indicate ad hominem: the attack must be used for the purpose of undermining the argument, or otherwise the logical fallacy isn't there. It is not a logical fallacy to attack someone; the fallacy comes from assuming that a personal attack is also necessarily an attack on that person's arguments. Therefore, if you can't demonstrate that your opponent is trying to counter your argument by attacking you, you can't demonstrate that he is resorting to ad hominem. If your opponent's sarcasm is not an attempt to counter your argument, but merely an attempt to insult you (or amuse the bystanders), then it is not part of an ad hominem argument. Actual instances of argumentum ad hominem are relatively rare. Ironically, the fallacy is most often committed by those who accuse their opponents of ad hominem, since they try to dismiss the opposition not by engaging with their arguments, but by claiming that they resort to personal attacks. Those who are quick to squeal "ad hominem" are often guilty of several other logical fallacies, including one of the worst of all: the fallacious belief that introducing an impressive-sounding Latin term somehow gives one the decisive edge in an argument.

Excellent post Redbeard ...probably the best on here...I do like to learn something new every day! Thank you.

(Your post was a darn sight more interesting than the original story!)


Guerrero says...
11:27pm Mon 20 Apr 09

If I was unable as a six feet two fourteen stone male,with many years of police training, in posession of a truncheon,pepper spray and possibly a tazer to be able to deal with a five foot seven stone unarmed woman without bashing her up I would seriously worry about myself.
Is ther something terribly old fashioned(I'm 48) about not hitting women??????


simonp503 says...
6:49am Tue 21 Apr 09

Guerrero wrote:
If I was unable as a six feet two fourteen stone male,with many years of police training, in posession of a truncheon,pepper spray and possibly a tazer to be able to deal with a five foot seven stone unarmed woman without bashing her up I would seriously worry about myself. Is ther something terribly old fashioned(I'm 48) about not hitting women??????
Your right mate using the truncheon was out of order he should have used a good zap of the tazer followed by a hit of pepper spray,maybe we can send her out to Iran to start up a protest movement over there although i'm not sure where she could cash her giro.

tinkywinky says...
7:12am Tue 21 Apr 09

Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote: Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future? The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it. Have you ever heard of libel?
Whatever. Get a life.
If you are going to post here get your facts right, t0sser.
I will post here wheather my facts are right or wrong.
pratt.

Tye says...
7:30am Tue 21 Apr 09

tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote: Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future? The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it. Have you ever heard of libel?
Whatever. Get a life.
If you are going to post here get your facts right, t0sser.
I will post here wheather my facts are right or wrong. pratt.
Post whether the facts are right or wrong?

Do you not realise what a fool that makes you sound like - no-one who posts here regularly will ever believe anything you say again

PS Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story - areyou a reporter for the Daily Star or maybe the Sport?

chris elmes says...
7:49am Tue 21 Apr 09

Have we not missed the point, It is utterly irrelevant that she is on benefits,has a record of being arrested for demonstrating or allegedly being and I stress verbally provocative. The fact is that she posed no physical threat to this officer or his colleagues,Over ninety allegations of police violence have been presented to the IPCC for investigation and other complaints no ID NO and various other complaints regarding violations of the police code of conduct. The commissioner has been forced to disavow officers with no shoulder ID numbers:translation(
in my opinion)we've been rumbled boys and girls and I'm afraid any of you that get caught out will have to carry the can I'm busy saving my well paid job and pension and a cushy number with ACPO when I retire. I have to say it is not surprising that the media is on an all out attempt to smirch and belittle any who are involved in the complaints process. Do I detect Nu-Labour spin with assistance from that pernicious cabal at ACPO plc? Hard luck to the boys and girls of the metropolitan police your masters are going to throw you to the wolves.

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tinkywinky says...
10:09am Tue 21 Apr 09

Tye wrote:
tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote: Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future? The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it. Have you ever heard of libel?
Whatever. Get a life.
If you are going to post here get your facts right, t0sser.
I will post here wheather my facts are right or wrong. pratt.
Post whether the facts are right or wrong? Do you not realise what a fool that makes you sound like - no-one who posts here regularly will ever believe anything you say again PS Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story - areyou a reporter for the Daily Star or maybe the Sport?
Am I bothered. Most posters on here are Beano readers anyway. Stick to the story and mind your own business. Nosey pig.

Osama bin there says...
11:33am Tue 21 Apr 09

tinkywinky wrote:
Tye wrote:
tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote:
Osama bin there wrote:
tinkywinky wrote: Even if she did 'provoke' the police officer, does that justify him bashing her in the face and hitting her with a truncheon? If provocation is ok then next time some old biddy pushes in front of me and gives me a dirty look at the supermarket, I can punch her in the mouth can I Argus? It was police brutality and extreme. The giant officer who battered this small femail should be sacked. Lets not forget the murder of Ian Thomson either.
Are you a clairvoyant? Can you see into the future? The case has not gone to trial, and no one has been charged with murder, never mind convicted of it. Have you ever heard of libel?
Whatever. Get a life.
If you are going to post here get your facts right, t0sser.
I will post here wheather my facts are right or wrong. pratt.
Post whether the facts are right or wrong? Do you not realise what a fool that makes you sound like - no-one who posts here regularly will ever believe anything you say again PS Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story - areyou a reporter for the Daily Star or maybe the Sport?
Am I bothered. Most posters on here are Beano readers anyway. Stick to the story and mind your own business. Nosey pig.
It's self evident that you don't have the intelligence to understand the Beano.

Bartram says...
11:44am Tue 21 Apr 09

I bet her boyfriend will be moving out pretty soon when the Social Security come calling.They will have noticed the £50,000 she has been paid.

Bobster says...
12:26pm Tue 21 Apr 09

Guerrero wrote:
If I was unable as a six feet two fourteen stone male,with many years of police training, in posession of a truncheon,pepper spray and possibly a tazer to be able to deal with a five foot seven stone unarmed woman without bashing her up I would seriously worry about myself. Is ther something terribly old fashioned(I'm 48) about not hitting women??????
Isn't that sexist? Nicola the soap dodger would surely disapprove!

Security word: wife-type.

I think not!!

Bobster says...
12:27pm Tue 21 Apr 09

Guerrero wrote:
If I was unable as a six feet two fourteen stone male,with many years of police training, in posession of a truncheon,pepper spray and possibly a tazer to be able to deal with a five foot seven stone unarmed woman without bashing her up I would seriously worry about myself. Is ther something terribly old fashioned(I'm 48) about not hitting women??????
Isn't that sexist? Nicola the soap dodger would surely disapprove!

Security word: wife-type.

I think not!!

twosugars says...
3:17pm Tue 21 Apr 09

what a coincidence all those photogrophers were clustered round her when she got struck! you can imagine the conversation going something like -"hey mr press man! want a good photo and story for the morning papers? hang around and see what happens when i wind up this copper!"

hulabaloo says...
7:04pm Tue 21 Apr 09

£50k. Her dealer must be well chuffed. Look at her!!Lazy, soap dodging scum.

Guerrero says...
10:47pm Tue 21 Apr 09

John Rambo. wrote:
Txa wrote:
John Rambo. wrote: As a doorman I wish we could just hit trash that behave like her! good on the copper, what was he supposed to do? let me say that I am no great fan of the old bill but in this particular case he was 100% right in what he did! he was challenged in a physical manner, and he answered the challenge in a way she did not like, tough! do not challenge (assault) people if you can't handle the consequences!!!!!!.
That's way you're not a policeman, you couldn't deal with it in first place. Police are trained to deal with difficult situations.
I would love you to do my job for a month and see if you still have the same views, it's easy to be an armchair critic when you are well out of the way of any danger, I treat everyone as an equal male or female it's totally irrelevant to me the gender, only only how people behave!.
Hitting women is easier though???
They tend to be smaller,lighter and less likely to hit back.
I've done your job and would never consider hitting a woman an option.
Progress I suppose.

chris elmes says...
9:42am Wed 22 Apr 09

It just gets better and better. Denis O'Connor the chief inspector of constabulary, has told MP's of the Commons home affairs select committee that he was and I quote "very uncomfortable" with footage of Ms Fisher being struck by a police officer, he also told the committee with regard to this same incident and I again quote that "it does not impress me that this was the British way of policing"
Mr O'Connor is also a former assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police.

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Txa says...
12:56pm Wed 22 Apr 09

Guerrero wrote:
John Rambo. wrote:
Txa wrote:
John Rambo. wrote: As a doorman I wish we could just hit trash that behave like her! good on the copper, what was he supposed to do? let me say that I am no great fan of the old bill but in this particular case he was 100% right in what he did! he was challenged in a physical manner, and he answered the challenge in a way she did not like, tough! do not challenge (assault) people if you can't handle the consequences!!!!!!.
That's way you're not a policeman, you couldn't deal with it in first place. Police are trained to deal with difficult situations.
I would love you to do my job for a month and see if you still have the same views, it's easy to be an armchair critic when you are well out of the way of any danger, I treat everyone as an equal male or female it's totally irrelevant to me the gender, only only how people behave!.
Hitting women is easier though??? They tend to be smaller,lighter and less likely to hit back. I've done your job and would never consider hitting a woman an option. Progress I suppose.
Agree Guerrero, even hitting a man wouldn't be correct. Again, if you can't deal with the pressures of being a policeman don't be one.

Could the nature of some jobs make some people to act more aggresive?.

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