ian1964 10,721 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 The Union Bears would today like to reiterate our extreme disappointment at Police behavior at last Tuesday nights match against Annan. In the end, four members of the group were arrested and banned from watching Rangers. Police were trying to arrest a member of the group. Other supporters defended him from the Police. The group plus a lot of supporters within BF1 decided to walk out peacefully to defuse the situation but police officers evoked more trouble in the concourse. Supporters were then struck by police batons and chased by mounted police whilst three fire exits were being blocked by police and stewards. One member was arrested for banging a drum next to a police horse and another for trying to defend him. Numerous complaints have been sent to the police and the club by the group, and we would like to encourage anyone else who witnessed any police brutality against supporters to also make a complaint. At our next home match on Wednesday against Clyde, the Union Bears and Section BF1 will hold a silent protest for part of the match against the over policing we experience week in, week out. Rangers supporters are being intimidated, filmed and stopped when travelling to matches for simply supporting our team. We call for RFC to stand up for its supporters, whose loyalty to the club is beyond question and has seen it survive and prosper through one of the toughest years in our 140 year history. We also call on the entire Rangers support to unite together in support of one another moving forward. Together we are stronger. Union Bears No Surrender 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,002 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 "One member was arrested for banging a drum next to a police horse " How daft was that? He was lucky he didn't get his head hoofed in. What's the point of a drum at football. Leave it at home and cheer the team instead. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 "One member was arrested for banging a drum next to a police horse " How daft was that? He was lucky he didn't get his head hoofed in. What's the point of a drum at football. Leave it at home and cheer the team instead. What nonsense is this? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeeBlueDevil 0 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 "One member was arrested for banging a drum next to a police horse " How daft was that? He was lucky he didn't get his head hoofed in. What's the point of a drum at football. Leave it at home and cheer the team instead. How about the cops leave the horses back in the stables and let football fans get on with creating some noise in the stadiums ??? The only threat to safety at that match was from the actions of the cops. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 "Police were trying to arrest a member of the group. Other supporters defended him from the Police" Why were any of them getting involved in something that was none of their business ? They were obstructing the police in their duties if true, and could have been arrested themselves. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy dewhurst 0 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 i think they all behaved like silly billys . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 It does take a serious lack of wit to bang a drum whilst standing next to a horse. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossy 0 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 A good friend of mine was walking past the back of the Broomloan as all this was going on. He felt that the police were using their horses as offensive weapons without any regard for the safety of people who had nothing to do with the incident. He described the environment as 'dangerous'. This is not a person who is prone to exaggeration. It is reasonable to ask whether the police response was proportional to the incident. Given the general police approach where football fans are filmed, herded, etc. etc., a fair minded person might feel that the UBs were handled in a more assertive way than they merited. That same person might feel that a conciliatory, rather than a conflictual, approach might yield better results. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 I love how they use the word "defend". The law calls it "attempt rescue" which is a crime at common law. It doesn't matter whether you feel your mate was wrongly arrested. Try to rescue, sorry defend him is against the law. TheWeeBlueDevil, leaving horses in the stables would be a huge risk to take. As for blocking the fire exits, I call that another lie. Police are told that of there's an evacuation at a sporting event then all available exits should be opened to allow a constant flow of spectators to leave the venue safely. I also heard on the radio that night, the match commander asking for all fire exits and turnstiles to be opened. And then there's the 'no surrender' line. :face palm: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 0 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 It does take a serious lack of wit to bang a drum whilst standing next to a horse. In general that is true with ordinary horses,but police horses should not get spooked by a drum they are trained to operate under riot situations without getting spooked 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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