Why would thugs respect the police in the UK?

“The head of the Police Federation in London has claimed ‘we’re seeing a breakdown in society’ after an attack on two police officers as they tried to arrest someone.

Shocking footage emerged yesterday of a ‘hostile crowd’ surrounding two police officers pinning down a suspect on the floor of a McDonald’s in Hackney, east London.

As they tried to restrain him they were attacked by two onlookers, as people shouted hysterically and filmed the incident on their mobile phones.

Ken Marsh, head of the Police Federation’s London branch has said attacks on officers are on the rise and slammed police budget cuts as ‘bonkers’.

He blamed sentences for officer attacks being too lenient and a culture of policemen and women being told to ‘expect’ hostility from the public. …”