BF2S Forums G20 protest videos: Growing catalogue of evidence against police

so they just rush and tell them to get back and retreat and repeat the process over and over again...

u.k police, at their finest...not

When it comes to the right-wingers on this forum It won't matter how much video footage or evidence you present documenting heavy-handed tactics by the security services, they will always presume a just cause on the part of the policeman/soldier and aggravation on the part of the protestor. Maybe it's because there are so many ex-military types among them, or because so many of them are security services fanboys with aspirations of having a job one day that warrants the carrying of a firearm, who knows? Many even share the Nixon attitude i.e. when the security services do it, that means it's not illegal!

Seriously though, more and more compelling evidence is coming to light that suggests that this macho, heavy-handed attitude is an endemic problem among the security services. The clip where that big cop slapped the woman across the face and then hit her with a stick when she appeared to ask him why was ridiculous.

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

I saw some shoving and pushing. Woopdee freakin do.

The dog thing was a little much though.

Anyways, the 2 minute boobtube generation will probably eat this stuff up.

A guy who was in such bad health that he died of a heart attack moments later was shoved to the ground by the police despite facing in the opposite direction to the police, having his hands in his pockets and showing no aggression whatsoever... that's not just shitty policing, it's common assault. It also doesn't look too good when big macho cops are slapping small women across the face and hitting them with sticks when they're not doing anything particularly offensive.

These cases involve normal law-abiding members of the public, not tree-hugging anarchists who are randomly trashing public and private property. I dunno, I guess some people think its cool for the cops to bully members of the public who aren't doing anything wrong.

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Ajax_the_Great1 wrote:

I saw some shoving and pushing. Woopdee freakin do.

The dog thing was a little much though.

Anyways, the 2 minute boobtube generation will probably eat this stuff up.

A guy who was in such bad health that he died of a heart attack moments later was shoved to the ground by the police despite facing in the opposite direction to the police, having his hands in his pockets and showing no aggression whatsoever... that's not just shitty policing, it's common assault. It also doesn't look too good when big macho cops are slapping small women across the face and hitting them with sticks when they're not doing anything particularly offensive.

These cases involve normal law-abiding members of the public, not tree-hugging anarchists who are randomly trashing public and private property. I dunno, I guess some people think its cool for the cops to bully members of the public who aren't doing anything wrong.

And thats the thing with 2 minute clips. You can say nobodys doing anything wrong.... in the 2 minutes of footage that is.

Hot off the press...

G20 death was not heart attack

"A new post mortem says Ian Tomlinson died from an abdominal haemorrhage not a heart attack after contact with police during the G20 protests. The statement from the City of London Coroners Court overturns the initial assessment that the newspaper seller died of natural causes. Mr Tomlinson was hit and pushed over by a police officer on 1 April."

Last edited by Braddock (2009-04-17 07:47:02)