A preventative state and UK law enforcement’s two-tier policy

A preventative state and UK law enforcement’s two-tier policy

Rhoda Wilson

In response to protests and riots in the last week in the UK, there has been a general feeling among the British public that the police are engaged in two-tier policing – taking a soft approach to certain sectors of the British public while taking an overly aggressive approach towards others.  Sir Keir Starmer’s two-tier response to the same protests and riots has significantly aggravated the situation.

While Starmer and his government are pursuing a socialist agenda, could the police’s two-tier response be the result of years of critical social justice activism and accusations of “systemic” or “institutional” racism by British corporate media?  An overreaction which fits comfortably into a “preventative state” agenda.

Last Thursday, reports started emerging that police had orders to randomly arrest people in London so that corporate media could say 100 arrests were made at the “far right” protest held on 1 August.

Police had special orders in London last night to arrest anyone standing in or even just crossing the road, they went on to arrest people who were also even just standing peacefully on the pavement, all so the media can say over 100 arrests were made at the "far right" protest.

They were. It was caught on video, they were instructed to just pick someone to arrest. They arrested Martin Daubney at one point, he saw the crowds and wandered over to look and they cuffed him. My guess, is that they wanted to report via MSM that there were 100 arrests.

During the same protest, a video emerged of police handcuffing a 73-year-old woman who has a pacemaker.

Random arrests weren’t only occurring in London.  On Tuesday, Leeds resident Nicola Wilcox tearfully recounted on Talk TV how she was a victim of two-tier policing after she was jailed instead of rioters.

“It was the most hideous, alien experience to me. I’ve never been in a police station; I didn’t even know why I was there!”

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new National Violent Disorder Programme to tackle the ongoing riots and violent disorder across the UK and said: “To the Muslim community, let me be very clear, I will take every step that’s necessary to keep you safe.”

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