Moral relativism
Have just finished reading all the posts on this thread and what comes through is that some people have a "beef" with the police.
To anyone who has a beef, I ask you this? What has a personal grievance got to do with the destruction of this helicopter? Surely if one is living in the West Midlands, the first thought that should come to mind is that these scum have burned "your" helicopter. You pay for it! It is part of your community. It protects you and your family. It deters crime against you and yours. It might just save somebody's life one day. God forbid that that life may be yours!
What will you tolerate? Should criminals be allowed to burn your local police station, because you have had a run in with the police and feel hard done by (rightly or wrongly)?
Would you feel any worse if these low life had burned down your local library, your town hall, your house?
Wake up people, such thinking is the slippery slope to hell.
Rant over.