This is the shocking moment two traffic wardens were brutally pummeled in Birmingham – as it emerged the city’s broke council splurged taxpayers’ cash on woke ‘inclusive’ street signs and hosting the Commonwealth Games.
The attack
The disturbing video was filmed in Stratford Road in the Sparkhill area of the city on the day the debt-ridden local authority revealed its financial meltdown – with the attacker allegedly targeted the wardens in retaliation for the crisis.
One traffic warden can be seen being kneed in the face while another has punches thrown at him in the middle of the busy street.
Onlookers said the thugs struck after claiming the civil enforcement officers had ‘no power any more’.
Eye witnesses
One witness said: ‘These guys were just doing their jobs and obviously have nothing to do with what’s going on at the council.
They were saying they had no power any more around here and several idiots tried to drive them out of the area using the bankruptcy stuff as an excuse.
‘It does make you worry what’s going through these people’s heads. They haven’t got a clue and I fear things could escalate.
‘It’s like they believe the authorities have no power over them any more. What is attacking traffic wardens going to achieve anyway?
‘It’s just moronic behaviour and it took place in broad daylight in front of families with children.’
A Birmingham City Council spokesperson said: ‘Nobody should suffer abuse or assault for simply trying to do their job and we will be contacting the company that employs the officers to ensure they are OK and see if any support is needed.’
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Bosses at the bust council have come under fire for the city’s financial mayhem, with the Tories blaming bureaucratic ‘incompetence’ by Labour for causing Birmingham’s bankruptcy debacle.
News of the financial disaster comes a year after Birmingham splashed out about £184.2million to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games, while also pumping cash into funding a woke ‘inclusive’ street sign project – despite its crippling cash crisis.
Meanwhile, the city council raked in a staggering £79million from its hated Clean Air Zone – which it then spent £50million of on new hydrogen eco buses.
And it has ambitions of transforming its famous ring road into a park by 2040.
The crisis has fuelled fresh speculation the city’s 1.1million residents will face a 10 per cent hike in council tax, as happened when other authorities ended up in a similar plight – with furious locals lashing out at council chiefs over the financial fiasco.
