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Originally Posted by RPWC
Ok so it was an illegal gathering, but all was peaceful and they were wearing face masks. But so was the gathering of hundreds of Glasgow Rangers fans celebrating the victory, no police presence no arrests , alcohol being consumed , no masks no social distancing.
It repeats the phrase as quoted by Ian “ one law for one and another for everyone else”.
Why was that allowed but the support for a murdered woman’s family is not?
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There were 500 on duty in Glasgow and 250 in reserve on the Sunday. There were arrests and fines given out.
The thinking was that if they had tried to break them up serious violence would have happened ( if you know the reputation of sevco fans !) and secondly many would have returned indoors to have impromptu celebration parties which again would have been illegal and no doubt the Police would have received numerous calls from nearby residents to come and break them up. They thought it best to control them outside ( especially as covid spreads more inside).......rightly or wrongly.
The problem in Glasgow was that the Police didn't stamp down on it the previous week at Livingston and the day before at Ibrox. However as we saw at the build up to the vigil, they were told it was illegal and not to do it but some still went ahead.
The club have to be at fault for not being more forceful with their statements prior to confirmation of the title plus the action of the players and management was poor which encouraged the response.
Always going to happen to some extent as we saw in Liverpool, Leeds and numerous smaller celebrations last year. The authorities on all sides needed to be more aware from earlier on.
Big question and test will be..... will they gather again. Time will tell.
By the way, Glasgow Rangers died in 2012 ......they are now just The Rangers FC
