UK: Conservative Minister assaults peaceful climate change protestor

[CeeCee]

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...rget-philip-hammond-speech-in-climate-protest

The Conservatives have been plunged into controversy after a video showed a minister grab and manhandle a protester who disrupted the chancellor's Mansion House speech.

Police began looking into the incident on Thursday night after footage seemed to show Mark Field pushing the female Greenpeace activist against a pillar and grabbing her neck. There were calls for Field to lose his position as a Foreign Office minister. In a statement, he apologised to the woman and said he would refer himself to the Cabinet Office over the incident.

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Video of the incident:



Fuck this thug. He should be sacked and face charges.

 

[_Karooo]

That's assault. What was he thinking?

 

[Deleted member 8852]

I don't have enough faith in the tories to believe this will lead to him being fired.

 

[BigDes]

I don't have enough faith in the tories to believe this will lead to him being fired.

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I'm surprised he's not number 1 in the leadership race

 

[Deleted member 44129]

Something tells me that the women in Mark Field's life know that kind of aggression all too well.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Should be sacked and arrested for assault.

 

[Ian]

Reminder that a guy got 150 hours unpaid work for throwing a milkshake at Farage. I'm going to assume this guy gets away with a slap on the wrist.

 

[Mekanos]

Piece of shit Tory.

 

[ReplacementPelican]

Good thing he didn't throw a milkshake or the right would have had to condemn! Can't be throwing milkshakes but can just grab people by the throat.

 

[Deleted member 31104]

The rights defense is that she could have been armed or a threat. Notice how she calmly walks past a row of folks who don't seem to be fearful at all.

 

[Zappy]

Some people (quite a lot) are defending this. It is assault. Pure and simple. Looks to me like he gets off on it too. Imagine what he's like in private?

 

[cameron]

In a statement Field said he reacted "instinctively" and had been "genuinely worried" that the protestor may be armed. He said he "grasped the intruder firmly in order to remove her from the room as swiftly as possible", adding: "I deeply regret this episode and unreservedly apologise to the lady concerned for grabbing her but in the current climate I felt I needed to act decisively to close down the threat to the safety of those present".

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Dude is full of shit.

Last month, Field delivered a speech at a Westminster Hall debate in which he decried violence against and intimidation of female activists across the world.

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Spoiler: twitter text

Mark Field MP @MarkFieldUK

The UK remains committed to helping women all over the world to feel safe and protected in the work they do, so they can speak freely and be part of the change we all want. My remarks at the Westminster Hall Debate on Women Human Rights Defenders. https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-07/debates/3C9476AD-C53B-4067-B576-07D632EE846E/WomenHumanRightsDefenders …

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[Dan]

What a prick.

edit: the post above.. wow..

 

[ProstatePuncher]

Dude is full of shit.

Spoiler: twitter text

Mark Field MP @MarkFieldUK

The UK remains committed to helping women all over the world to feel safe and protected in the work they do, so they can speak freely and be part of the change we all want. My remarks at the Westminster Hall Debate on Women Human Rights Defenders. https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-07/debates/3C9476AD-C53B-4067-B576-07D632EE846E/WomenHumanRightsDefenders …

6:23 AM - May 9, 2019

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What a fucking arsepiece. If you fear someone has a weapon, you go for the fucking wrists and restrain those. What's he trying to do, some Vulcan nerve pinch? Is he afraid the lassie was Glaswegian and would headbutt him?

Sack the cunt.

 

[iapetus]

What a fucking arsepiece. If you fear someone has a weapon, you go for the fucking wrists and restrain those. What's he trying to do, some Vulcan nerve pinch? Is he afraid the lassie was Glaswegian and would headbutt him?

Sack the cunt.

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To be fair to him, he did go for the wrists at times.

Having seen how dangerous he can be even unarmed, surely any time he walks into a room anyone in there ought to be justified in slamming him against the wall, grabbing him by the neck and marching him out again. Because, you know, he might be preparing to assault someone.

 

[It’s Time To Go]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/br...ng-greenpeace-protester.124649/#post-22080336

Already made

 

[Vault]

If it was a man he wouldn't have done shit the coward

 

[Tregard]

"But what if she had a weapon?!"

Glad that's the new standard now, all attacks can be claimed as self-defence. Ridiculous.

 

[jelly]

She could have killed him!

 

[JediTimeBoy]

Hopefully he resigns....and is then arrested.
Better still, is arrested and then kicked out.

 

[Facism]

Toris are so used to killing hundreds of thousands of British citizens via austerity and fucking up the benefits and housing systems, what's a little assault to them?

 

[Fairy Godmother]

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