What is your view of the drunken street thuggery that prompted these rules? Would it have been better for the cops to bust heads and send more to the drunk tanks to correct bad behavior, or for the city to control this problem with more rules?
Personally, I see little wrong with the nightstick as a teaching tool for those who haven’t learned to control themselves yet.
That there was very little of it, and it could be addressed in the same way it had always been addressed. By proper policing. A few isolated incidents were made out to be indicative of a much bigger problem than they were.
There may have been some scope for some rule changes - but they've gone far far further than is needed. Even if banning the sale of alcohol after midnight might have been a good idea (I don't think it is, but just for the sake of argument) banning kebabs really doesn't seem to serve the same purpose - and that's the type of lunacy this had spread into.
Personally, I see little wrong with the nightstick as a teaching tool for those who haven’t learned to control themselves yet.
I'm opposed to unprovoked and unnecessary violence by police. But I also think that we sometimes hamstring police more than is needed.