10-08-2011, 10:06 AM
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Quote:Police: we'll fight fire with fire
Orders given to use plastic bullets as riots spread across Britain
By Jerome Taylor, Oliver Wright and Nigel Morris
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
David Cameron and the head of the Metropolitan Police have taken the unprecedented step of authorising armed officers to use plastic bullets if needed to stop looters and rioters laying waste to Britain's major cities. The Prime Minister and senior officers approved the emergency powers for "as long as they are needed" to get a grip on the lawlessness which has now spread from London to communities across the country.
The Government also discussed introducing CS gas and water cannon to break up disturbances in future a move which would end a 180-year tradition of "minimum force" public order policing in Britain.
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