• Public Policing – A Lesson in Restraint

    Public Policing – A Lesson in Restraint

    If a protester throws a petrol bomb at a line of police officers, why don’t they shoot him? Would that be considered an overreaction? Too harsh perhaps? And yet the protestor knows what he’s doing. His intention is to cause harm and injury, if not to kill. Why should the police be expected to stand…