Now she's calm, looking smart and making thousands.

The G20 protests have once again hit the press today, along with the critism of the police's handling of it. It's very interesting reading this now, after doing my security and physical intervention course this weekend, i've been taught all the procedures and techniques which the police use so in a way I look at things like this situation very differently. The PC involved in the apparently "assault" has today been charged by the CPS with assault and is being taken to court.

Take a look at the above video which around about 22 secs shows the incident starting. The unemployed, benefit seeking woman from Brighton is twice told to "Step Back", and being warned about her behaviour. She continues to swear and shout abuse at the police officer, and also pushes him at one point. You're taught in your physical intervention course that you should use reasonable and minimum force, and you're allowed to strike the first blow if you feel threatened. This woman entered the officers "intimate space" having already been warning twice about her behaviour, she continued to be aggresive, what does she think is going to happen.

The back hand which the officer uses is a technique which is an initial way of getting someone to back off, I do not think he deliberately went for her face, I think this was an accident. Even after this she continued to be aggressive and abusive to this officer, so his next option was either his CS spray or the batton, he went for the batton. At this point she gets the message.

Personally I believe this woman should be issued with a section 5 public order for her behaviour. The officer now has to explain the situation to a jury, explain why he thought that the force he used against this woman was reasonable and minimum. The woman was warned twice before force was used, and she ignored the warnings, maybe she'll think again next time. It's better to be heard by 12 than carried by 6. I'm not going to get into my opinions of this woman, I will just say that I think she should get a job and do something more worthwhile, but i'm sure she's made enough to keep her going for a few years from her stories in the papers.

On another note, why the hell is Scott Mills on Radio 1 starting to play christmas songs, I swear the next one he plays i'll be writing a complaint to the beeb. It's too bloody early, and ruins the spirit of it all.