La police craint des troubles après le référendum écossais

La police craint des troubles après le référendum écossais

La tension soudaine qu’a mise à jour jusqu'à son paroxysme la transformation brutale du référendum écossais-devenu-crise (voir ce même 16 septembre 2014) inquiète les autorités policières écossaises. Cette inquiétude affecte non seulement la période d’ici jeudi, jour du vote, mais surtout la période immédiate d’après le vote. Le cas le plus évident de trouble envisagé est celui d’un résultat négatif, anti-indépendantiste, qui serait contesté par les indépendantistes, encore plus dans son esprit et sa manipulation selon eux, que dans son résultat décompté (ce dernier point restant ouvert à la possibilité de contestation sur le fait même).

Il est caractéristique de l’évolution de la situation de ces derniers jours que ce qui exacerbe la colère des indépendantistes, c’est l’intense propagande anti-indépendantiste de toutes les forces du Système, surtout la communication et la presse-Système. C’est particulièrement contre la BBC, organe public donc en théorie neutre, que s’exerce la colère des indépendantistes, devant la tendance clairement anti-indépendantiste prise par ce service de communication multi-médias. Cela illustre une remarque du même texte du 16 septembre 2014 : «[...E]ncore une fois c’est la réaction brutale du Système, cause de tout le processus et paniquant brusquement devant la crise qu’il a engendrée (le “une semaine de panique dans le camp du ‘non’” mentionnée par le Guardian) en jetant dans la bataille tous ses moyens de pression les plus grossiers, qui a transformé la question écossaise-devenue-crise et une “crise fiévreuse... chargée de tensions explosives”.»

C’est The Independent du 16 septembre 2014 qui développe cet aspect de la crise écossaise... «Scottish police are preparing for the possibility of significant protests in the wake of this week’s independence referendum result, as tensions continue to run high on both sides of the debate over the country’s future. Brian Docherty, the chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, told The Independent that officers were continually monitoring the situation and would “see what develops” in the wake of Thursday’s vote, with Friday night considered a potential flashpoint. Police Scotland said it would “respond appropriately to any issues” which might arise after the result, which is expected to be announced early on Friday morning.

»On Sunday, thousands of Yes campaigners descended on the BBC’s Scottish headquarters in Glasgow’s Pacific Quay in protest at what they perceive as a pro-Union bias by the corporation’s journalists, notably its political editor Nick Robinson.

»One of the protest’s leaders told The Independent that in the event of a No vote on Thursday: “We will take to the streets. We will not be robbed of victory by a conspiracy which has the BBC at its centre.” Mr Docherty said he was “hopeful” that events would continue to be peaceful but that “forewarned is forearmed”. “As it sits just now, there is nothing which I’m led to believe is going to cause us any great issues, but you never say never in this game. It’s an ever-changing environment and the picture changes with the intelligence that we get in,” he said. “You may still get a very small element who try to make some kind of gain on their policies and theories, and maybe even try to bring in a bit of violence, but you’ve just got to hope that common sense prevails and people accept what [the result] is.”

»He added that if there was a large-scale protest, emergency procedures would kick in and the focus would be on getting officers to the right areas as quickly as possible. Demonstrations were most likely to develop on Friday afternoon, continuing overnight into Saturday, he said. “If there is going to be any potential issues or problems kicking off, that’s when it’s going to be. We’re hopeful that by that time most of the intelligence picture will be available and we can deal with it accordingly, moving our people to where they have to be”... »

Mis en ligne le 16 septembre 2014 à 06H42