{"id":1157120,"date":"2021-12-26T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1157120"},"modified":"2021-12-26T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T15:34:23","slug":"police-chief-blames-black-lives-matter-climate-change-protests-for-rise-in-assaults-on-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-chief-blames-black-lives-matter-climate-change-protests-for-rise-in-assaults-on-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Chief Blames Black Lives Matter, Climate Change Protests for Rise in Assaults on Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-chief-blames-black-lives-matter-climate-change-protests-for-rise-in-assaults-on-cops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1157120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1234876716-e1640353853588-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Black Lives Matter and climate protests have been blamed by one police chief for a rise in attacks on law enforcement in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>One Chief Constable has blamed protests over climate change, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement, for a rise in attacks on law enforcement in the UK.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The accusations come after some forces in the UK considered \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/13\/uk-police-chiefs-consider-declaring-their-own-forces-institutionally-racist\/\">publicly admitting<\/a>\u201d that \u201cinstitutional racism\u201d exists within the police.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/12\/24\/black-lives-matter-climate-change-protests-blamed-rising-attacks\/\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em>, around 80 police officers are assaulted in the UK every day, with data showing&nbsp;7,357 recorded between the months of March and June.<\/p>\n<p>The report goes on to mention however that this data only accounts for&nbsp;31 out of the UK\u2019s 43 police forces, and that the total number of cops assaulted over this period could be significantly higher.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think the opening up of the night-time economy with drugs and alcohol prevalent within that environment is also an issue of why we\u2019ve seen an increase,\u201d said Police Chief Constable Nick Dean.<\/p>\n<p>The Cambridgeshire police head also laid blame on recent protests regarding the BLM movement, as well as to do with climate change, for the increase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve equally seen, as we can\u2019t hide from the media, in terms of protest activity and the number of protests we\u2019ve seen in the capital and in major cities, or indeed here in Cambridgeshire, has increased dramatically,\u201d&nbsp; Chief Constable Dean continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince restrictions (were first imposed) we\u2019ve seen other protests around climate change, Black Lives Matter \u2013 all of which put us at the forefront of managing large events with the potential of confrontation,\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em> also reports Dean as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nature of assault can really range from very serious to what we can class as lower-tier assaults such as being pushed or kicked, or what is very prevalent \u2013 being spat at,\u201d Dean also said. \u201d None of that, at any level, is acceptable within policing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Cambridgeshire Constabulary reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59779855\">greatest<\/a> percentage increase in assaults, seeing a rise of 121 per cent this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Police Chiefs Consider Declaring Their Own Forces \u2018Institutionally Racist\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L6QPunIlsj\">https:\/\/t.co\/L6QPunIlsj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1470414205568393216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While police forces in the UK are dealing with an increase number of assaults on officers, leaders are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/13\/uk-police-chiefs-consider-declaring-their-own-forces-institutionally-racist\/\">focusing<\/a> on making policing in the UK \u201canti-racist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this effort, some police leaders in the UK are considering declaring that their forces contain \u201cinstitutional racism\u201d in the hopes of boosting trust amongst black populations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan needs to accept institutional racism, if it is to be anti-racist,\u201d said&nbsp;Abimbola Johnson, the barrister overseeing the proposed reforms of UK policing. \u201cIf the idea is to win the trust of black communities, policing needs to start by acknowledging both the historical and current manifestations of racism in policing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council (NPCC) vice-chairman Sir Dave Thompson meanwhile claimed that there is \u201cvery clear there will be institutional racism issues in policing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will also be systemic racism, structural racism and also racial disparities that are not due to racism in policing because we police an unequal society,\u201d Thompson said, adding that a public admission of this was receiving \u201ccareful thought\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Lives Matter and climate protests have been blamed by one police chief for a rise in attacks on law enforcement in the UK. 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