REBECCA CAMBER
UK Daily Mail
November 8, 2011
Police are prepared to use plastic bullets for the first time on the British mainland if student protests planned for tomorrow erupt into violence.
Scotland Yard revealed yesterday that the baton rounds have been authorised for a student fees march in London amid fears it could be hijacked by anarchists and troublemakers.
Baton gun rounds have never been used on the British mainland, but they have been linked to deaths in Northern Ireland.
Officers stressed yesterday that they were not planning to use baton rounds and they would only be a last resort if all other tactics had failed and officers’ lives were at risk.
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The police have had the right to use plastic bullets so this is nothing new. They will only use them if they are put in danger, the British police are not like the Americans who will shoot to kill and think nothing of it
The only way to ensure they are not used is if the protesters protest peacefully