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To: Amersham Arms
STOP hiring violent men as security guards at the Amersham Arms
Stop hiring aggressive violent men as security guards at the Amersham Arms in New cross. Bouncers are supposed to defuse situations and make the customers feel safe. Time and time again we've heard stories and witnessed the bouncers at the Amersham Arms assaulting customers and creating more situations than they defuse.
Why is this important?
We recently witnessed a particularly unpleasant scene In which two Bouncers at the Amersham Arms physically assaulted a young man using far more force than was necessary on one person who was trying to follow the instructions they had just given him. One Bouncer then proceeded to threaten and verbally abuse the young man after he had left the premises. This is unacceptable. Peoples jobs should not given the right to assault and abuse people and should only use a necessary level of force. It's ruining many people's enjoyment of their local space to dance and have fun and it's not in the Amersham Arms interest as they will loose business and already have quite a cemented reputation for a venue where the bouncers are a problem. But more importantly this is an issue of people abusing power to torment and abuse others and should be something that is called up more often.
