[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

Honestly, I dont care if that would go over very well with an angry mob. To incite murder is against the law in pretty much every civilized place on Earth. It is against the British law to incite murder, correct me if I am wrong.

It's most definitely against the law, in fact the maximum sentence in Britain is life in prison. But you are still completely missing the point. The police were very likely the difference between a protest and a riot. Turn on the TV and take a look at what's been going on in Syria, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. That's what happens when law enforcement loses control of a protest. In London they maintained control, and if you think that arresting protesters during the demonstration wouldn't have hurt their chances of doing so, you need to stop kidding yourself. People here aren't that scared of the metro police.

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

The guy holding that sign should of been arrested, no matter what would other rioters think.

Again, this isn't about what the other rioters think. It's about embassies not burning and people not dying. And it wasn't one guy, it was hundreds chanting "murderous slogans" as the BBC puts it. Who do you arrest? Certainly just arresting a few wouldn't satisfy all the people watching the news at home and calling for justice. Maybe the police should have just charged into the crowd with billy clubs and riot shields to show them what happens when you break the law in London?

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

The fact that he was not arrested tells me one thing - the police fears so much that they would get accussed of being "intolerant" and what not that they protect those protesters - they protect them against the law.

I know you want to use this situation as part of a crusade against the PC brigade or something, but I seriously doubt that's why they didn't step in. Proof of this is the fact that the police have already begun making arrests based on footage taken from the demonstration.