Keyser Söze
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- Jul 21, 2010
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There is a common saying; only the very stupid think the law is stupid.
This week, Sussex Police released pictures of people they want to speak to in relation to the disorder that occurred on the 27th September prior to the match with Crystal Palace. They have also indicated more arrests (and presumably pictures for snitches to peruse) are to come as part of the post match investigation.
Am I the only one who thinks there should be a serious inquiry into the way the day unfolded, but not an enquiry into the behaviour of the fans, but those who were supposed to Police the fixture.
It's not secret to anyone, least of all the police that there was going to be a LOT of people hell bent on having a bit of fun. It was discussed on forums like this from the moment it looked like we would get promoted, so how did they get it so wrong? Answer - they let it.
Take before the game, they had approximately 200 Palace fans under wraps in Wetherspoons on West Street. At the pubs around Brighton station a similar number of Brighton herberts had congregated with a large Police presence. Now obviously the Police had to move the scum from their drinking hole to Brighton station at some point, but they way they did it leaves a lot of questions. In my view they had 2 options. Option 1. Take the Palace on a straight march up Queens Road directly through the waiting Albion hoards. Or Option 2. Take the Palace fans up Queens Rd as far as the junction just before the Standard pub, then take a left and go around onto Trafalger St, come out of the tunnel under the station. The only pubs the Palace would get anywhere near would be The Prince Albert and the Grand Central. Meanwhile they could have kept the Albion lads cooped up in The Standard, The Queens Head and The Railway Bell. It would be unlikely either side would even see each other in Option 2, whereas Option 1 almost garunteed trouble. Well geuss what? Our devoted Police force chose Option 1. If a humble observer such as myself could spot this, then why couldn't someone paid to keep the peace?
After the game was a similar story, the Police allowed Palace fans to come back to Brighton station when there was absolutely no need to. Now we all know that Sussex Police are incompetent beyond belief, but does anyone think they are that stupid? The whole affair stinks to high heaven. The press and the Police are calling for the heads of people, but they pretty much arranged the entire incident. It was all done so that the handbags that unfolded could be filmed, and the overtime wages being paid to the football unit could be justified. As a result at least one person was injured (by the cowardly baton weilding thugs I might add), several windows were smashed, and I have it from a good source that one man walking his dog was assaulted.
In short, Sussex Police knowingly endangered people and allowed a breach of the peace, just to justify the millions needlessly pumped into policing football. Either that or they truly are f***ing stupid. If heads should roll for this it should not be those they are parading in front of the media, it's whoever was tasked with policing this fixture.
This week, Sussex Police released pictures of people they want to speak to in relation to the disorder that occurred on the 27th September prior to the match with Crystal Palace. They have also indicated more arrests (and presumably pictures for snitches to peruse) are to come as part of the post match investigation.
Am I the only one who thinks there should be a serious inquiry into the way the day unfolded, but not an enquiry into the behaviour of the fans, but those who were supposed to Police the fixture.
It's not secret to anyone, least of all the police that there was going to be a LOT of people hell bent on having a bit of fun. It was discussed on forums like this from the moment it looked like we would get promoted, so how did they get it so wrong? Answer - they let it.
Take before the game, they had approximately 200 Palace fans under wraps in Wetherspoons on West Street. At the pubs around Brighton station a similar number of Brighton herberts had congregated with a large Police presence. Now obviously the Police had to move the scum from their drinking hole to Brighton station at some point, but they way they did it leaves a lot of questions. In my view they had 2 options. Option 1. Take the Palace on a straight march up Queens Road directly through the waiting Albion hoards. Or Option 2. Take the Palace fans up Queens Rd as far as the junction just before the Standard pub, then take a left and go around onto Trafalger St, come out of the tunnel under the station. The only pubs the Palace would get anywhere near would be The Prince Albert and the Grand Central. Meanwhile they could have kept the Albion lads cooped up in The Standard, The Queens Head and The Railway Bell. It would be unlikely either side would even see each other in Option 2, whereas Option 1 almost garunteed trouble. Well geuss what? Our devoted Police force chose Option 1. If a humble observer such as myself could spot this, then why couldn't someone paid to keep the peace?
After the game was a similar story, the Police allowed Palace fans to come back to Brighton station when there was absolutely no need to. Now we all know that Sussex Police are incompetent beyond belief, but does anyone think they are that stupid? The whole affair stinks to high heaven. The press and the Police are calling for the heads of people, but they pretty much arranged the entire incident. It was all done so that the handbags that unfolded could be filmed, and the overtime wages being paid to the football unit could be justified. As a result at least one person was injured (by the cowardly baton weilding thugs I might add), several windows were smashed, and I have it from a good source that one man walking his dog was assaulted.
In short, Sussex Police knowingly endangered people and allowed a breach of the peace, just to justify the millions needlessly pumped into policing football. Either that or they truly are f***ing stupid. If heads should roll for this it should not be those they are parading in front of the media, it's whoever was tasked with policing this fixture.
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