Oh boo hoo jujemufeh you arsehole, one mistake and the media is all over it like a plague, do you realise how much work the police have to do! Stop fucking moaning you stupid twat! It doesn't matter if it was a peaceful protest, it was illegal, the police informed these idiots that blocking a public highway was illegal, and they still did it! If you disobey the law, you deserve what you get in return!
Is it my idea, or is it that the police man in riot gear on the bottom-right of the screen, just when the circle highlights the man being punched (after the slow-mo) (at about 7:48-50) is in fact jamming the camera?
So, the police are a) allowed to record everything with the FI, but miss recording Tomlinson's assault (and any other violent police actions), and b) that they are allowed to jam any other media present.
F**k off you bunch of hippy c**ts! They should of sent in the tanks and crushed their self righteous skulls! Do these idiots realise how uncomfortable their pathetic little lives would become if the government did everything they asked, job well done Met Police, I congratulate you on a tremendous job, I especially liked the beating hippies part.
this vid really kicks off when the Police move in.....shame i had 2 wait till 4.00...4.57 shows what happens when you dont move when asked, so does 7.50.....oh and by the way, thanks to the "happy camper" who assaulted my friend.
cont........ the next thing to address is the debt based monetary system which encourages excessive consumption! i personally don't agree with the global warming hypothesis and i think it is taking valuable resources away from real environmental challenges
yawn! the preposterous thought that people are responsible for climate change. outrageous arrogance! what i find puzzling is that these people want to encourage the same'big brother' which beat them, to enforce carbon capping! how misguided!
if you do think we are responsible for climate change, the first thing to address is energy exploration subsidies across the board.
To all the people who actually participated in the climate camp on the day I admire your bravery so much - the media so over hyped this day that it was always going to kick off, and to actually turn up and get involved is commendable
I have lived in London all my live and the massive over reaction on this day is frankly so un-warrented and so un-necesary its impossible to support the police action, especially in the light of such peaceful protest - keep up the fight!
When people wake up and see "climate change" or "global warming" as it was called in 90's, or "global cooling" as it was called in the 70's, for the scam it truly is...they will understand that the cap and trade system is just a means to consolidate control of production of the entire world into a few "green" hands...
Climate change is a farce and is being supplied by the same people giving you the cap and trade system as a solution.
Climate change campers and especially the film makers I salute you. A clear coherent film that shows police response to peaceful demonstrations. This is why the Black Bloc and WOMBLES took the fight to the mercenary gangs of the capitalists. And for this veteran of protest over the last 50 years they didn't start a day too soon.
Buy a camera, they are cheap. May day is coming and well need your sharp digital eyes as evidence against this scum-thugs that hide under police uniforms.
the police and this fascist government are quite simply S.C.U.M and they will fall one day!down with Nazi fascists and by the sounds of a few of these comments on here some people have their heads up their arses & will proberbly do anything the government told them!ahhh!
blocking a highway is a crime, but it's not a violent one. the police should have asked people to move and then arrested them if they didn't, rather than beating them up. this is a shameful and thuggish response.
I'm torn on this. It seems protesters didn't attack officers, but jumping on a police van & blocking a public street are wrong. In my country public streets which are in use by the taxpayer/citizen and whose use is would be infringed cannot be blocked without a permit. In many jurisdictions they may not deny you a permit for the content of your protest but only due to inconvience. The police in some instances were ridiculous & protesters seemed well behaved but definitely gave voice to dissent.
Even if you don't support the protestors you have to wonder why didn't the police just seal the protest off at a reasonable distance without hitting out. Protestors would go home when their supplies ran out.
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What gives these people the right to block a public road?
Why do they think it is ok to climb on top of a police van and dance?
Why is it ok to scream abuse into the face of a police officer?
I have nothing against peaceful protest, but these people simply want to provoke police action so they can complain about it. I would be interested to know how many of them survive on benefits provided by the state they loath so much.
Get a job, vote, and make a legitimate difference to society.
What a laugh, there are more important issues at stake here than blocking a public road. Civil disobedience is our obligation when the government favours corporate interests over human and environmental issues. When the air you breath becomes so polluted that you can't bear to breath it then tell us how its not OK to dance on top of a police van.
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You cannot allow a bunch of soap dodgers to be allowed to bring the capital to a standstill whilst they party. The rest of the country have to get on with earning a living to pay for their benefits money. They were indulged their pathetic protest and then the police had to move them on, this thay did. Before you complain about the treatment of police in this country, then get a job, go around the world and see how they deal with antagonists, our police are pussy cats, chasing vermin.
You're saying that American, Spanish and French police would cause death to innocent, good-mannered people protesting for their right to live within nature's limits, breathe clean air and avoid increasingly frequent severe weather events around the globe etc...? On what grounds to you assure this exactly?? Moron.
Oh, and it's 'OUR' police, not 'are' police. Learn correct spelling and grammar if you want to call yourself 'captinbritish' - you idiot!
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I love the anti-money slogans and songs by these delusional morons. Like the are all Jacobites or something. Money makes the world go round girls how else does daddy pay for your ponies.
I think the ones in the day are bad.The police were out of control.However the ones at night are not.People shouldnt be trying to camp on the street,that is illegal they broke the law the police have a right to use force to move them. Maybe they were heavy handed .But maybe the police videos would show a different picture.Who knows??
There seems to be a special branch of met police composed entirely of a/ bastards willing to sell their values or b/ ex-military wanting a fight
This is Britain, and this must not continue. If the rest of the world is full of unjust absolute regimes that act like this then what sort of democracy is britain if the same images are being seen? There are a few rich gits who want to make people feel like they have no power.
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You should try that again in Russia some day if you really wanna see brutal police actions. Besides, if you really believe that people have any influence on our planet's climate, that would make more sense as Putin's crew care far less about ecology than any other gouverment in a civilized country.
I also think the BBC coverage of this outrage was very poor and biased towards the police. The TV coverage gave no indication of how peaceful and good natured the climate camp was. They only showed the violent confrontation which gave the impression that the protesters must have done something to justify the treatment. From this film it's clear the Police response was completely unjustified, disproportionate and outragious in a civilised society.
Attrociously policing. Criminally violent and heavy handed. So what if the protesters were a bunch of smug students and hippies who'd like us all to return to subsistance farming and living in dung huts without heat and light. They should be allowed to protest peacefully wihtout the riot police cracking skulls. The Met Police chief should be fired along with that useless tosser at the IPCC who tried to cover up the Tomlinson murder.
Anyone who can justify what the poo-lice did during the G20 is either a fool, or a brainwashed serf just like those hitting and harrasing legitimate protesters.
Don't go whining to the government to change anything - they won't, what they do is not for your benefit. You have to learn the letter of the law as it stands and how to use it back against them.
Check out the videos of TheAntiTerrorist on YouTube for a start.
It doesn't matter if you agree with the reason for them protesting or not. Everyone has a right to protest, its a free country. It was the same when the Countryside alliance protested against the fox ban; they had a right to protest without state interference. It shouldn't be the polices responsibility to stop protests, someone like the mayor should of negotiated a timely end and it would of ended peacefully.
Poor film, doesn't show both sides. And I don't just mean the police. I also mean the effect on some of us who had to dress down for fear of being attacked on those days by the soap dodgers.
FEAR? of those stinking hippies? they didn't look very scary to me. I think the only fear was that implanted in your head by the media. tbh you'd probably be safer in a suit, less likely to get your head kicked in by the police.
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Did you not hear the squealing rants of the so called 'women' in this and other videos. Fuck, its like some people have been evolving back to our uncivilised past when violence was more prevelant.
And it only takes one knobhead with a knife to kill. And we have plenty of knobheads here!!
I'd have treated these rioters more harshly. The newspaper seller deserved better though.
WTF is the twat at 04:15 playing at holding onto the police line. simple minded idiot!!!
I take from your 'dress down' comment thaat you are one of those highly paid parasites in the financial crime district that laughingly calls itself *the* city.
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They should have hit you harder, and sooner. Make your point, sing some songs, and things will be fine. Block the road for an entire day, shout and scream at the police, ignore their instructions to disperse, and you'll get moved on whether you like it or not.
The people in that video are a bunch of selfish pricks. I'd have locked half of them up for causing a public nuisance.
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The law also allows them the power to defend themselves. A scuffle behind him, and a hundred people in front screaming and shouting, with one very silly woman refusing his commands to back away - what would you do? Ask her nicely, or leave her in no uncertainty as to what will happen if she doesn't DO AS SHE IS TOLD?
Unfortunately you can't expect every copper to react professionally, it's just totally unrealistic. Just like you'll get some protesters dancing on police vans... You can see another copper pulling his IDIOT colleague away at one point, probably thinking the same you or I would.
The real problem lies with the govt placing this onus on the police. A labour govt. For shame...
The police violently cleared the camp away, and wouldn't let anyone back in to tidy up or reclaim their stuff. The original plan was to leave the street tidy - all three previous Climate Camps left the sites in a better state than they'd found them.
And for your info, there was a toilet tent and all the waste was going to be taken away and composted at the end of the event - except the police smashed it all up when they charged. Lovely.
The protesters look like a bunch of whining privileged middle-class hippies but they were clearly not violent.
The thing is that the police are basically the tax-payers employees. Protesters pay their wages as much as non-protesters. So they need to police in a consensual way. Why didn't they try negotiation first and arrange a time for them to leave?
To be fair to the police it takes guts to stand up to someone in a duffle coat when you only have a baton, riot shield and crash helmet to protect you.
Film the police whenever possible & get the films out into the public. They have to know they are being watched & will be made personally responsible for their violence. (BTW - I wouldn't waste time offering the films to the BBC - they won't touch anything which makes the state look bad & have a long history of reversing the order of events on films in order to make protesters seem like rioters, while it is the Police who often start the trouble.
This makes me so angry, so upset and so disappointed. As for comments saying it's one sided, the protesters don't take an oath to serve and protect the public, if they broke the law during these protests I'm sure they would've been arrested... Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards?"
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Some of the images in this video are disturbing and warrant an investigation, but it must be remembered this is one sides version of events and the editing is clearly designed to portray the protestors as completely innocent. As such the video is hardly a balanced record of events.
did you watch and listen to the whole video? it is clearly not a riot and if you honestly think that dancing on a van constitutes being hit in the face with a shield then you should go join the taliban.
This video is now linked from the Times Online website with the caption:
At 4.50mins in to this clip an officer is clearly seen smacking a protestor across the head with his shield. At 7.49mins in an officer punches a protestor in the face.
I'm surprised that it currently only has 310 views, everyone else seems to be captivated by Susan Boyle(!)
you're a fool who needs to start thinking for themself. im not middle class, i've worked since i was 16, and i cant afford to go to university but i can think for myself and i can see what right infront of me. i suggest you look a little harder
that assault with the shield was nothing compared to what a lot of other people had to deal with. I met an 18 year old lad with a nasty deep cut on his eye brow from the edge of a police shield. he was too scared to go to the hospital for stitches because of the police. shame on these scum, if the MP's don't reign them in, the people will.
lets get these thugs off our streets, do people need any more evidence that police are brutal organised thugs, using violence against any and all when ordered. ACAB
One other thing. Man made climate change is a hoax. Ice shelfs grow and then break off all the time and the reality is that the Antarctic has cooled by1 degree F since 1958 and the amount of sea ice has increased by 43% Source: the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado. Much research has shown that Carbon dioxide is the result of global warming it doesn't cause global warming. People fall for government and media propaganda much too easily.
Sea ice extent averaged over the month of March 2009 was 15.16 million square kilometers (5.85 million square miles). This was 730,000 square kilometers (282,000 square miles) above the record low of 2006, but 590,000 square kilometers (228,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average.
More importantly, the melt season has begun with a substantial amount of thin first-year ice, which is vulnerable to summer melt.
Source: the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado.
daveashe Thats the arctic sea ice which is down 7% an insignificant change. I was referring to the Antarctic sea ice which is up a massive 43%. Global warming hoaxers cannot explain why the antarctic is getting colder.
you're right global warming is bogus but climate change is real and probably comletely natural but thats no reason for us to continue destroying the earth
It pays to do your own research - the surface area of the ice IS less than the average, but more importantly, there is a substantial amount of ice which is only one year old before we even begin the melting season.
The police officers that used unnecessary violence should be disciplined. Most police behaved reasonably given their orders to be confrontational. Senior officers should explain their oppressive tactics and identify the parties on whose behalf they were acting. Police are there to protect the public and should have been amongst the demonstrators supervising a peaceful demonstrate and keeping order when necessary. The hostility between Police and protesters was avoidable.
Welcome to the British State. The Miners' Strike, Dundee Timex, Grunwick, Poll Tax, Wapping - if you protest too long and too loudly for comfort, UK State forces will come after you.
Maybe the sandal eaters will realise what actually goes on in the world after viewing this and reading the story. Or maybe not.
One of the finer things about the UK is that police officers are (or should be) merely citizens in uniform, operating without masks or political bias. No policeman in Britain should ever go about his business with his face covered. If 'Captinbritish' would prefer his life to be controlled by a paramilitary gendarmerie perhaps HE should go and live somewhere else.
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I would never stand there unless my face were to be covered. So lets say the police dont cover there faces would they sill be able to live normal lifes??.The officer who killed that man would he be able to live his life normally??.
As those that promote CCTV and ID cards keep telling us: if you're doing nothing wrong you've got nothing to fear. The same rules must apply to police officers. I don't know what kind of Judge Dredd type of secret police state 'captinbritish' dreams of but it doesn't seem to fit with the British tradition of 'policing by consent'.
The police are only human they make mistakes. But can you find another riot/protest police unit in another country where they dont wear masks. And i will think you will find every knows whos in who in the police they do wear I.D numbers that why they have all been caught.
The same applies to everyone else. Are you an anarchist? Based on the fact that you're obviously not advocating the abolition of the police force, I'm gonna go ahead and assume not. Then I'm also gonna assume you think its ok that when a member of the public makes the mistake of maiming or killing someone with a deliberate attack, there should be consequences. Should the police be held to a lower standard than everyone else?
IMO the police should be held to a higher standard.However when you look at all the crap the police take the times they are abused spat at.If a police office were stabbed how much coverage would it get, the police are treated like crap . If someone is shouting in your face calling you whatever would you take it ? or would you snap out. I know i would have snapped.
"IMO the police should be held to a higher standard"
Well? How does that square with your assertion that they should be let off the hook when they gratuitously attack someone because they 'make mistakes'?
In which case I have sympathy, but its the same issue as with military conflict - soldiers often aren't acting by choice either, but that doesn't mean you don't defend yourself from them if push comes to shove. For good or ill, their choice of profession makes them combatants - they just have to pick a side.
No i have sympathy for the police they were told what to do they did it (maybe they were heavy handed ) . Police officers shouldnt be held accountible for these actions it should be the poeple who issues such orders
I'd ideally like to not punish anyone at all, and in fact if I have anything to do with it then the coming of the revolution will wipe the slate clean for anyone who's committed even the most unspeakable acts in the past and give them a chance to start over - hell, even Rupert fucking Murdoch will have another chance if he doesn't croak before then. But unfortunately in the meantime we have to push for penalties against any power figures who abuse that power, in order to deter their colleagues
You are right, the police do have a hard job to do, and I have nothing but respect for thoes who go out and do their job propperly. However, I am fairly sure "beating civilians when their backs are turned" is not in the police handbook. They are ment to be there to protect the public, not take any chance to take up violence, which is clearly the case in a lot of these reports. They are human, and do have a hard job, but they knew what the job involves when they took it.
What happened to those idiots dancing on the police van? Why aren't the police dealing with people like them? There must be a law against climbing on a police van.
The worst offending Police officers in this film have hidden their identity with masks and balaclavas. Unless there is a risk of fire (and no petrol bombs are being used here) there is absolutely no reason for an officer of the law to conceal his/her face... not unless they intend to do something they know is wrong. Looks like it's the TSG that are the culprits (again).
Its so they can get away with attacks like tear gas (ie, without falling victim to it like everyone else). But I'd imagine the reason its opaque is so they can get away with more brutal stuff as well, yeah
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so what the fuck did you expect, you are a bunch of hippies that don't have a fucking clue what you're protesting about, the riot police did what they were supposed to, did you expect them to tickle you to calm you down?
No they are not a 'bunch of hippies', they are intelligent people that can foresee the damage that is being done to our planet, and are using their right to protest peacefully about Climate Change to get something done about it. If we left the decision making to people that shared your outlook the planet would really be in the shit... and I bet you would be one of the first to be moaning your arse off about that from the comfort of your chair.
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climate change is alot of shite, it's not gonna damage the planet for hundreds of years I'll be dead by then so why would i give a fuck? im spraying two lynx cans out my windows up at the sky right now just to piss you off, and im gona go rev my jeep too.
Thank you for making this film and to the brave individuals who participated in the protest and behaved impeccably throughout. You are an inspiration.
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*chant* "We are resisting"... Well not really, more like you are sitting above all the trouble and singing while all the people actually doing something are being pushed away :)
I'm sure you felt all warm and fuzzy singing your song though.
The more I see these videos the more I realise what a complete waste of a day you all had. Seemed to be fit as many indie uni students into the street as possible.
It was a protest after all. The polices role is to facilitate your right to "peacefully" protest, not to whack a shield in your face.
I don't think they where troublemakers, I may / may not support what their about but I know that the police should not be acting in such an aggressive manner. Some members of the Met's TSG seemed to have acted in a very disgraceful manner. Of all the Met's units the TSG officers should be the one's who can cope best under the pressure, not cave in to rage!
Gay
LumpySpunk 1 year ago
+1 for the police
Unstopablejoystick 1 year ago 4
6:07 .... Nazi Hippie
doppelklicker 2 years ago
Oh boo hoo jujemufeh you arsehole, one mistake and the media is all over it like a plague, do you realise how much work the police have to do! Stop fucking moaning you stupid twat! It doesn't matter if it was a peaceful protest, it was illegal, the police informed these idiots that blocking a public highway was illegal, and they still did it! If you disobey the law, you deserve what you get in return!
jhackney1990 2 years ago
@jhackney1990 so how else are you supposed to protest?
trisharocks1993 1 year ago
Is it my idea, or is it that the police man in riot gear on the bottom-right of the screen, just when the circle highlights the man being punched (after the slow-mo) (at about 7:48-50) is in fact jamming the camera?
So, the police are a) allowed to record everything with the FI, but miss recording Tomlinson's assault (and any other violent police actions), and b) that they are allowed to jam any other media present.
Right.
jujehmufeh 2 years ago
F**k off you bunch of hippy c**ts! They should of sent in the tanks and crushed their self righteous skulls! Do these idiots realise how uncomfortable their pathetic little lives would become if the government did everything they asked, job well done Met Police, I congratulate you on a tremendous job, I especially liked the beating hippies part.
jhackney1990 2 years ago
masturbate much over the police?
jujehmufeh 2 years ago
dude,wheres the part where they drop napalm on them.that would be cool as all the jelly fire would be chanelled between the buildings
MrSkosig 2 years ago
@jhackney1990 I'm 17 and LOL at your level of intelligence.
trisharocks1993 1 year ago
this vid really kicks off when the Police move in.....shame i had 2 wait till 4.00...4.57 shows what happens when you dont move when asked, so does 7.50.....oh and by the way, thanks to the "happy camper" who assaulted my friend.
shenstone 2 years ago
cont........ the next thing to address is the debt based monetary system which encourages excessive consumption! i personally don't agree with the global warming hypothesis and i think it is taking valuable resources away from real environmental challenges
58robbo 2 years ago
yawn! the preposterous thought that people are responsible for climate change. outrageous arrogance! what i find puzzling is that these people want to encourage the same'big brother' which beat them, to enforce carbon capping! how misguided!
if you do think we are responsible for climate change, the first thing to address is energy exploration subsidies across the board.
58robbo 2 years ago
I have so much respect for you guys.
I think if you are going to be a cop (whatever age) you already have a right wing leaning.
How can I help?
kw6 2 years ago
To all the people who actually participated in the climate camp on the day I admire your bravery so much - the media so over hyped this day that it was always going to kick off, and to actually turn up and get involved is commendable
bcarrolluk 2 years ago 2
I have lived in London all my live and the massive over reaction on this day is frankly so un-warrented and so un-necesary its impossible to support the police action, especially in the light of such peaceful protest - keep up the fight!
bcarrolluk 2 years ago 2
There seem to be rather a large number of unidentifiable police.
Everyone must do as they think morally right.
To obey without question is simply wrong.
aberdeencheese 2 years ago
When people wake up and see "climate change" or "global warming" as it was called in 90's, or "global cooling" as it was called in the 70's, for the scam it truly is...they will understand that the cap and trade system is just a means to consolidate control of production of the entire world into a few "green" hands...
Climate change is a farce and is being supplied by the same people giving you the cap and trade system as a solution.
googlevideodaddy 2 years ago
Well done climate camp.
This whole excercise has exposed the horrendous policing tactics in the UK, and drawn the public eye to the corruption of carbon markets.
Solidarity. Such a good party, too.
AnnaKBrisvegas 2 years ago
Climate change campers and especially the film makers I salute you. A clear coherent film that shows police response to peaceful demonstrations. This is why the Black Bloc and WOMBLES took the fight to the mercenary gangs of the capitalists. And for this veteran of protest over the last 50 years they didn't start a day too soon.
pietrekropotkin1950 2 years ago
Great. My home country is a fucking police state.
tubeoftoot 2 years ago
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Buy a camera, they are cheap. May day is coming and well need your sharp digital eyes as evidence against this scum-thugs that hide under police uniforms.
sergiomontes2012 2 years ago
sure 'nuff made a nasty mess on that street...all the rubbish and papers. Hmm.
BabyGotBack56 2 years ago
Could it be that they left a mess because the police forced them off the street without giving them a chance to clean up, Baby?
0olong 2 years ago
yeh that hippy music was awful
phuturexy 2 years ago
the police and this fascist government are quite simply S.C.U.M and they will fall one day!down with Nazi fascists and by the sounds of a few of these comments on here some people have their heads up their arses & will proberbly do anything the government told them!ahhh!
ANTISLAVEBOY 2 years ago
Just look at all those hippies playing music.
darkstar3x16 2 years ago
blocking a highway is a crime, but it's not a violent one. the police should have asked people to move and then arrested them if they didn't, rather than beating them up. this is a shameful and thuggish response.
dorothyflash 2 years ago
there was no crime committed in blocking those roads. it was a planned protest and the police knew that it was going to happen.
3mm488 2 years ago 2
I'm torn on this. It seems protesters didn't attack officers, but jumping on a police van & blocking a public street are wrong. In my country public streets which are in use by the taxpayer/citizen and whose use is would be infringed cannot be blocked without a permit. In many jurisdictions they may not deny you a permit for the content of your protest but only due to inconvience. The police in some instances were ridiculous & protesters seemed well behaved but definitely gave voice to dissent.
fightingblindly 2 years ago
Good stuff! Well done, I was at the bank demo during this but solidarity to the disobedient masses!
obesevegan 2 years ago
Even if you don't support the protestors you have to wonder why didn't the police just seal the protest off at a reasonable distance without hitting out. Protestors would go home when their supplies ran out.
anonbg 2 years ago
because london cant be stopped britain would lose millions
captinbritish 2 years ago
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What gives these people the right to block a public road?
Why do they think it is ok to climb on top of a police van and dance?
Why is it ok to scream abuse into the face of a police officer?
I have nothing against peaceful protest, but these people simply want to provoke police action so they can complain about it. I would be interested to know how many of them survive on benefits provided by the state they loath so much.
Get a job, vote, and make a legitimate difference to society.
mindtheoranges 2 years ago
What a laugh, there are more important issues at stake here than blocking a public road. Civil disobedience is our obligation when the government favours corporate interests over human and environmental issues. When the air you breath becomes so polluted that you can't bear to breath it then tell us how its not OK to dance on top of a police van.
obesevegan 2 years ago
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You cannot allow a bunch of soap dodgers to be allowed to bring the capital to a standstill whilst they party. The rest of the country have to get on with earning a living to pay for their benefits money. They were indulged their pathetic protest and then the police had to move them on, this thay did. Before you complain about the treatment of police in this country, then get a job, go around the world and see how they deal with antagonists, our police are pussy cats, chasing vermin.
alandjen 2 years ago
The sad thing is he's only half joking folks.
wungabunga 2 years ago
Absolute rubbish
jedlyish 2 years ago
Are police are pussy cats .If happened in america,spain,france or many other countrys i can assure you that many others would have died.
captinbritish 2 years ago
You're saying that American, Spanish and French police would cause death to innocent, good-mannered people protesting for their right to live within nature's limits, breathe clean air and avoid increasingly frequent severe weather events around the globe etc...? On what grounds to you assure this exactly?? Moron.
Oh, and it's 'OUR' police, not 'are' police. Learn correct spelling and grammar if you want to call yourself 'captinbritish' - you idiot!
Shaarrn 2 years ago
It's just a matter of time until Britain has its own Tiananmen Square.
Amhlair 2 years ago
nice video, five stars etc
whats up with cliché-overload at 6:35 though?
furthermore, why does it take someone to die before anyone questions the manner of the police?
nameshaveallbeenused 2 years ago
awesome to see a video that actually reflects what it was like!
calvinjones 2 years ago 3
That was the sadest thin i EVER saw.........
ANTIFAbee 2 years ago
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I love the anti-money slogans and songs by these delusional morons. Like the are all Jacobites or something. Money makes the world go round girls how else does daddy pay for your ponies.
dubzy81 2 years ago
Fuck the police!!! Hope these bastards die slowly from a horrible disease!!!
russtone 2 years ago
The constantly fluxuating Sun rules Earth's climate.
Peaceful Resistance to Global Tyranny is the name of the Battle
onefodderunit 2 years ago
I think the ones in the day are bad.The police were out of control.However the ones at night are not.People shouldnt be trying to camp on the street,that is illegal they broke the law the police have a right to use force to move them. Maybe they were heavy handed .But maybe the police videos would show a different picture.Who knows??
captinbritish 2 years ago
There seems to be a special branch of met police composed entirely of a/ bastards willing to sell their values or b/ ex-military wanting a fight
This is Britain, and this must not continue. If the rest of the world is full of unjust absolute regimes that act like this then what sort of democracy is britain if the same images are being seen? There are a few rich gits who want to make people feel like they have no power.
BregyptianMuslim 2 years ago 5
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You should try that again in Russia some day if you really wanna see brutal police actions. Besides, if you really believe that people have any influence on our planet's climate, that would make more sense as Putin's crew care far less about ecology than any other gouverment in a civilized country.
taakijeden 2 years ago
I also think the BBC coverage of this outrage was very poor and biased towards the police. The TV coverage gave no indication of how peaceful and good natured the climate camp was. They only showed the violent confrontation which gave the impression that the protesters must have done something to justify the treatment. From this film it's clear the Police response was completely unjustified, disproportionate and outragious in a civilised society.
jdsthebest 2 years ago 15
Attrociously policing. Criminally violent and heavy handed. So what if the protesters were a bunch of smug students and hippies who'd like us all to return to subsistance farming and living in dung huts without heat and light. They should be allowed to protest peacefully wihtout the riot police cracking skulls. The Met Police chief should be fired along with that useless tosser at the IPCC who tried to cover up the Tomlinson murder.
jdsthebest 2 years ago 10
these cops are really bastards!
29Abillgrrr 2 years ago 2
throw out this authoritarian government asap people! Well done to the protesters for being so strong
rossuk123 2 years ago 7
A.C.A.B
Audiocodes 2 years ago
Anyone who can justify what the poo-lice did during the G20 is either a fool, or a brainwashed serf just like those hitting and harrasing legitimate protesters.
EvolutionyFactor 2 years ago 3
Don't go whining to the government to change anything - they won't, what they do is not for your benefit. You have to learn the letter of the law as it stands and how to use it back against them.
Check out the videos of TheAntiTerrorist on YouTube for a start.
theylive23 2 years ago
There are far to many pseudonyms on here for my liking. You must all be police men with something to hide.....
philipleech 2 years ago 2
You fools; what did you expect? Don't you realise that the state will refuse to be humiliated by your actions. It will assert its power at any cost.
Most of all, you should not have expected anything productive to come of your demonstration. There will be none of the reforms you are asking for.
Stop begging the government on your knees! It makes them feel very powerful. Instead, do something productive whilst ignoring the state.
The state & police are sick bastards, but WE ALREADY KNEW THAT.
MisterRothstein 2 years ago
Most of them look like normal people to me. Fuck the MET.
Any protest I have been to the police stay largely out of sight unless things kick off. Is that too hard?
BarneyGumble8 2 years ago 3
It doesn't matter if you agree with the reason for them protesting or not. Everyone has a right to protest, its a free country. It was the same when the Countryside alliance protested against the fox ban; they had a right to protest without state interference. It shouldn't be the polices responsibility to stop protests, someone like the mayor should of negotiated a timely end and it would of ended peacefully.
premiumnumbers 2 years ago 8
Poor film, doesn't show both sides. And I don't just mean the police. I also mean the effect on some of us who had to dress down for fear of being attacked on those days by the soap dodgers.
johnh99999 2 years ago
FEAR? of those stinking hippies? they didn't look very scary to me. I think the only fear was that implanted in your head by the media. tbh you'd probably be safer in a suit, less likely to get your head kicked in by the police.
gingerjames86 2 years ago
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Did you not hear the squealing rants of the so called 'women' in this and other videos. Fuck, its like some people have been evolving back to our uncivilised past when violence was more prevelant.
And it only takes one knobhead with a knife to kill. And we have plenty of knobheads here!!
I'd have treated these rioters more harshly. The newspaper seller deserved better though.
WTF is the twat at 04:15 playing at holding onto the police line. simple minded idiot!!!
johnh99999 2 years ago
seriously your scared of these people? there a bunch of whingeing middle class hippies.
walking through any town centre in the uk on a friday night would be more dangerous than this mob.
Looks like the daily mail has warped your mind with fear.
gingerjames86 2 years ago 3
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First of all, its 'you're' not 'your'.
Secondly, who reads the f'ing Daily Mail.
And you'll find some of this bunch of tards were drunk too. This film even shows some drinking!
johnh99999 2 years ago
I take from your 'dress down' comment thaat you are one of those highly paid parasites in the financial crime district that laughingly calls itself *the* city.
huckteeper 2 years ago 2
You assume too much.
I work 200 miles from London, but these idiot's actions were more far reaching.
johnh99999 2 years ago
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They should have hit you harder, and sooner. Make your point, sing some songs, and things will be fine. Block the road for an entire day, shout and scream at the police, ignore their instructions to disperse, and you'll get moved on whether you like it or not.
The people in that video are a bunch of selfish pricks. I'd have locked half of them up for causing a public nuisance.
PeowPeowPeowLasers 2 years ago
If you think right and wrong is about what you think rather than what is the law then you're no better than 'them' are you?
The fact is the law says what they were doing was permissable, the law doesn't saw the police can use disproportionate force.
forbiddenthought 2 years ago
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The law also allows them the power to defend themselves. A scuffle behind him, and a hundred people in front screaming and shouting, with one very silly woman refusing his commands to back away - what would you do? Ask her nicely, or leave her in no uncertainty as to what will happen if she doesn't DO AS SHE IS TOLD?
PeowPeowPeowLasers 2 years ago
try searching for Sensemaking on wikipedia, there's a whole article about it
ELkuken 2 years ago
The classic response of someone who has nothing to contribute - ignore the question and ask something else.
PeowPeowPeowLasers 2 years ago
Unfortunately you can't expect every copper to react professionally, it's just totally unrealistic. Just like you'll get some protesters dancing on police vans... You can see another copper pulling his IDIOT colleague away at one point, probably thinking the same you or I would.
The real problem lies with the govt placing this onus on the police. A labour govt. For shame...
wungabunga 2 years ago
Absolutely disgusting behavior from the police i wonder how they would feel if i did this to them.
jayrulli 2 years ago 3
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thesarus1 2 years ago
xjadapinkettx,
The police violently cleared the camp away, and wouldn't let anyone back in to tidy up or reclaim their stuff. The original plan was to leave the street tidy - all three previous Climate Camps left the sites in a better state than they'd found them.
And for your info, there was a toilet tent and all the waste was going to be taken away and composted at the end of the event - except the police smashed it all up when they charged. Lovely.
dannychivers 2 years ago 7
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xjadapinkettx 2 years ago
The protesters look like a bunch of whining privileged middle-class hippies but they were clearly not violent.
The thing is that the police are basically the tax-payers employees. Protesters pay their wages as much as non-protesters. So they need to police in a consensual way. Why didn't they try negotiation first and arrange a time for them to leave?
5555dangermouse 2 years ago
To be fair to the police it takes guts to stand up to someone in a duffle coat when you only have a baton, riot shield and crash helmet to protect you.
hbbuzzing 2 years ago 12
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these soap dodging no it alls are our future politicians...... shiiiiiiit !!!!
ConanCnutKicker 2 years ago
Film ANY and EVERY copper's face if he's not wearing a number - he's only there for trouble if that's the case.
fuktheusa 2 years ago 6
Information is power.
Film the police whenever possible & get the films out into the public. They have to know they are being watched & will be made personally responsible for their violence. (BTW - I wouldn't waste time offering the films to the BBC - they won't touch anything which makes the state look bad & have a long history of reversing the order of events on films in order to make protesters seem like rioters, while it is the Police who often start the trouble.
fuktheusa 2 years ago 4
Here here!
Shaarrn 2 years ago
04:26 'this is not a riot'.
Thick people; if there were fewer than 12 of you you 'd have a case.
The Riot Act 1714
johnh99999 2 years ago
bunch of soap dodging tards.
That one who sold out to Max Clifford has to be the thickest person i've ever seen.
johnh99999 2 years ago
This makes me so angry, so upset and so disappointed. As for comments saying it's one sided, the protesters don't take an oath to serve and protect the public, if they broke the law during these protests I'm sure they would've been arrested... Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards?"
mskatejones 2 years ago 2
Britain - " the mother of democracy". And the BBC its fitting mouthpiece.
Lcuain 2 years ago
Simple:
People get hurt when there is a riot.
The police rioted, people got hurt.
MRSstraightA 2 years ago 4
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All I can say is that I hope the legal cases and charges that fall out of this resound through Britain's police stations with an eerie silence.
The result being that such barbaric actions will never take place again.
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mijangoz 2 years ago
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Some of the images in this video are disturbing and warrant an investigation, but it must be remembered this is one sides version of events and the editing is clearly designed to portray the protestors as completely innocent. As such the video is hardly a balanced record of events.
sbwords 2 years ago
Unbalanced? ok, if that's so, please send us the video evidence of the Camp for Climate Action that you have that shows any evidence to the contrary.
uklegalobserver 2 years ago
The police are nothing more than the private army of the wealthy. Rich people's bitch.
biped19 2 years ago 2
The cops have alot to answer to.
Disgusting. PC 1984.
joesoap2006 2 years ago
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you stand on top of a police van, you start rioting on london streets, then you get hit in the face with a riot shield. fair game.
hools258 2 years ago
did you watch and listen to the whole video? it is clearly not a riot and if you honestly think that dancing on a van constitutes being hit in the face with a shield then you should go join the taliban.
3mm488 2 years ago 8
Brilliant.
mskatejones 2 years ago
The only people rioting were the police.
MRSstraightA 2 years ago 4
haha 310 views to 5,337 in one hour! the power of the internet!
a terrorist is a radical who employs terror as a political weapon, what more proof do we need that the police are real terrorists
3mm488 2 years ago
A terrorist is anyone who employs terror as a political weapon. I wouldn't exactly call the police radicals lmfao, but they're definately terrorists.
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
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These greenies deserved the bash. "Never trust a Hippy"
CTAM182 2 years ago
This video is now linked from the Times Online website with the caption:
At 4.50mins in to this clip an officer is clearly seen smacking a protestor across the head with his shield. At 7.49mins in an officer punches a protestor in the face.
I'm surprised that it currently only has 310 views, everyone else seems to be captivated by Susan Boyle(!)
HumanistWikitopian 2 years ago
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excellent, beat the ever-loving shit out of these anarchist morons. Disenfranchised, middle-class bastards. Grind them to dust.
dubzy81 2 years ago
you're a fool who needs to start thinking for themself. im not middle class, i've worked since i was 16, and i cant afford to go to university but i can think for myself and i can see what right infront of me. i suggest you look a little harder
3mm488 2 years ago
Are you a copper?
Jacktreznor 2 years ago
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i would sell my soul to be one of THOSE coppers. Smashing the head of these annoying students would be orgasmic.
dubzy81 2 years ago
dubzy81... u r a retard.....
metricfoot 2 years ago 3
So would I.
bollybib678 2 years ago
i bet you'll never see this on the bbc
3mm488 2 years ago 4
lol I doubt the BBC would blacklist something even the Times linked to :P
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
that assault with the shield was nothing compared to what a lot of other people had to deal with. I met an 18 year old lad with a nasty deep cut on his eye brow from the edge of a police shield. he was too scared to go to the hospital for stitches because of the police. shame on these scum, if the MP's don't reign them in, the people will.
robinofleiceste 2 years ago 5
lets get these thugs off our streets, do people need any more evidence that police are brutal organised thugs, using violence against any and all when ordered. ACAB
robinofleiceste 2 years ago 2
One other thing. Man made climate change is a hoax. Ice shelfs grow and then break off all the time and the reality is that the Antarctic has cooled by1 degree F since 1958 and the amount of sea ice has increased by 43% Source: the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado. Much research has shown that Carbon dioxide is the result of global warming it doesn't cause global warming. People fall for government and media propaganda much too easily.
sarrass1 2 years ago
Sea ice extent averaged over the month of March 2009 was 15.16 million square kilometers (5.85 million square miles). This was 730,000 square kilometers (282,000 square miles) above the record low of 2006, but 590,000 square kilometers (228,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average.
More importantly, the melt season has begun with a substantial amount of thin first-year ice, which is vulnerable to summer melt.
Source: the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado.
daveashe 2 years ago
daveashe Thats the arctic sea ice which is down 7% an insignificant change. I was referring to the Antarctic sea ice which is up a massive 43%. Global warming hoaxers cannot explain why the antarctic is getting colder.
sarrass1 2 years ago
you're right global warming is bogus but climate change is real and probably comletely natural but thats no reason for us to continue destroying the earth
3mm488 2 years ago
It pays to do your own research - the surface area of the ice IS less than the average, but more importantly, there is a substantial amount of ice which is only one year old before we even begin the melting season.
daveashe 2 years ago
deveashe I agree with you. On the artctic ice and on doing your own research too.
sarrass1 2 years ago 2
The police officers that used unnecessary violence should be disciplined. Most police behaved reasonably given their orders to be confrontational. Senior officers should explain their oppressive tactics and identify the parties on whose behalf they were acting. Police are there to protect the public and should have been amongst the demonstrators supervising a peaceful demonstrate and keeping order when necessary. The hostility between Police and protesters was avoidable.
sarrass1 2 years ago 5
i think protesting is all fine and dandy but good lord if police in riot gear doesn't just give me a boner
a boner of oppression, an oppresoboner
endub909 2 years ago
Stazi
bnparenaziscum 2 years ago 3
Welcome to the British State. The Miners' Strike, Dundee Timex, Grunwick, Poll Tax, Wapping - if you protest too long and too loudly for comfort, UK State forces will come after you.
Maybe the sandal eaters will realise what actually goes on in the world after viewing this and reading the story. Or maybe not.
baronsarwarofgovan 2 years ago 3
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If people dont like it they can go live some where else.
captinbritish 2 years ago
fool
NickSayle 2 years ago
One of the finer things about the UK is that police officers are (or should be) merely citizens in uniform, operating without masks or political bias. No policeman in Britain should ever go about his business with his face covered. If 'Captinbritish' would prefer his life to be controlled by a paramilitary gendarmerie perhaps HE should go and live somewhere else.
L0stJ0hnny 2 years ago 3
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I would never stand there unless my face were to be covered. So lets say the police dont cover there faces would they sill be able to live normal lifes??.The officer who killed that man would he be able to live his life normally??.
captinbritish 2 years ago
As those that promote CCTV and ID cards keep telling us: if you're doing nothing wrong you've got nothing to fear. The same rules must apply to police officers. I don't know what kind of Judge Dredd type of secret police state 'captinbritish' dreams of but it doesn't seem to fit with the British tradition of 'policing by consent'.
L0stJ0hnny 2 years ago 6
Your right... We should mask the police so they are free to beat and kill members of the public in safety.
It's not OK for members of the public to attack innocent people, but when the police do it, it's fine?
TheSupremeAbstract 2 years ago 7
The police are only human they make mistakes. But can you find another riot/protest police unit in another country where they dont wear masks. And i will think you will find every knows whos in who in the police they do wear I.D numbers that why they have all been caught.
captinbritish 2 years ago
i feel sorry for you
3mm488 2 years ago
"The police are only human they make mistakes"
The same applies to everyone else. Are you an anarchist? Based on the fact that you're obviously not advocating the abolition of the police force, I'm gonna go ahead and assume not. Then I'm also gonna assume you think its ok that when a member of the public makes the mistake of maiming or killing someone with a deliberate attack, there should be consequences. Should the police be held to a lower standard than everyone else?
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
IMO the police should be held to a higher standard.However when you look at all the crap the police take the times they are abused spat at.If a police office were stabbed how much coverage would it get, the police are treated like crap . If someone is shouting in your face calling you whatever would you take it ? or would you snap out. I know i would have snapped.
captinbritish 2 years ago
"IMO the police should be held to a higher standard"
Well? How does that square with your assertion that they should be let off the hook when they gratuitously attack someone because they 'make mistakes'?
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
Well lets put it this way . Could you stand there and take that with out snapping ?
captinbritish 2 years ago
Possibly not - but then, if they hadn't resorted to kettling it would have been a non-issue.
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
That not the policemens fault that what they are told to do they are following orders.
captinbritish 2 years ago
Then they should refuse their orders. Mutiny if necessary.
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
Like that would ever happen. And risk losing thier jobs?
captinbritish 2 years ago
In which case I have sympathy, but its the same issue as with military conflict - soldiers often aren't acting by choice either, but that doesn't mean you don't defend yourself from them if push comes to shove. For good or ill, their choice of profession makes them combatants - they just have to pick a side.
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
No i have sympathy for the police they were told what to do they did it (maybe they were heavy handed ) . Police officers shouldnt be held accountible for these actions it should be the poeple who issues such orders
captinbritish 2 years ago
I'd ideally like to not punish anyone at all, and in fact if I have anything to do with it then the coming of the revolution will wipe the slate clean for anyone who's committed even the most unspeakable acts in the past and give them a chance to start over - hell, even Rupert fucking Murdoch will have another chance if he doesn't croak before then. But unfortunately in the meantime we have to push for penalties against any power figures who abuse that power, in order to deter their colleagues
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
Not what was decided at the Nuremburg trials. Following orders is not an excuse.
mekanopsis1 2 years ago
You are right, the police do have a hard job to do, and I have nothing but respect for thoes who go out and do their job propperly. However, I am fairly sure "beating civilians when their backs are turned" is not in the police handbook. They are ment to be there to protect the public, not take any chance to take up violence, which is clearly the case in a lot of these reports. They are human, and do have a hard job, but they knew what the job involves when they took it.
TheSupremeAbstract 2 years ago
Scuse me everyone, does this look like an admission that if a cop covers his face its because he's expecting to commit acts of brutality?
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
look around you, everything we do is controlled and monitored. do you really want to live like that?
3mm488 2 years ago
I would rather live like this than what life we be like under green peace.
captinbritish 2 years ago
Like where bitch
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
What are you even talking about??
captinbritish 2 years ago
About "If people dont like it they can go live some where else."
So, are you gonna answer my question? Like where, bitch?
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
Where ever you like i've heard Canada is nice.
captinbritish 2 years ago
Not heard of Stephen Harper then I take it?
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
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You go to a riot/protest and dont expect a wack in the face grow up. And saying they didnt pose a threat maybe true but how do the police know that?
captinbritish 2 years ago
maybe because they are holding their hands in the air in demonstration of the fact...
daygloraver 2 years ago 5
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hahahahaha
i think it is quite funny when they get hit, serves them right too obviously causing a nuisance........and look at all the rubbish they left tut tut
luke15291 2 years ago
What happened to those idiots dancing on the police van? Why aren't the police dealing with people like them? There must be a law against climbing on a police van.
jeffrey44 2 years ago
Someone should tell GreenTV that midnight is NOT 12pm...
L0stJ0hnny 2 years ago 2
The worst offending Police officers in this film have hidden their identity with masks and balaclavas. Unless there is a risk of fire (and no petrol bombs are being used here) there is absolutely no reason for an officer of the law to conceal his/her face... not unless they intend to do something they know is wrong. Looks like it's the TSG that are the culprits (again).
L0stJ0hnny 2 years ago 9
It disgusts me to see the police acting like this. I hope all those involved in attacking innocent peaceful protesters are brought to justice.
Also, why do the police wear masks to cover their faces? Is it so that they can get away with attacks like this? You bet you it is.
andyrobertsyou 2 years ago 9
Its so they can get away with attacks like tear gas (ie, without falling victim to it like everyone else). But I'd imagine the reason its opaque is so they can get away with more brutal stuff as well, yeah
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
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so what the fuck did you expect, you are a bunch of hippies that don't have a fucking clue what you're protesting about, the riot police did what they were supposed to, did you expect them to tickle you to calm you down?
pgfx1 2 years ago
No they are not a 'bunch of hippies', they are intelligent people that can foresee the damage that is being done to our planet, and are using their right to protest peacefully about Climate Change to get something done about it. If we left the decision making to people that shared your outlook the planet would really be in the shit... and I bet you would be one of the first to be moaning your arse off about that from the comfort of your chair.
andyrobertsyou 2 years ago 10
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climate change is alot of shite, it's not gonna damage the planet for hundreds of years I'll be dead by then so why would i give a fuck? im spraying two lynx cans out my windows up at the sky right now just to piss you off, and im gona go rev my jeep too.
pgfx1 2 years ago
Thank you for making this film and to the brave individuals who participated in the protest and behaved impeccably throughout. You are an inspiration.
aaanonymoussss 2 years ago 10
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This is not a riot!
Moar riot's please.
ajrbrown 2 years ago
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*chant* "We are resisting"... Well not really, more like you are sitting above all the trouble and singing while all the people actually doing something are being pushed away :)
I'm sure you felt all warm and fuzzy singing your song though.
The more I see these videos the more I realise what a complete waste of a day you all had. Seemed to be fit as many indie uni students into the street as possible.
fusenuk 2 years ago
That was an excellent film - I salute the people who filed and made it.
zaskarfilms 2 years ago 10
Kenigmatic - I hope you get smacked in thje face soon mate.
zaskarfilms 2 years ago 3
Don't rise to it. Its not his fault he's ignorant...well, not entirely anyway
Spartacus21C 2 years ago
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Bunch of troublemakers. Chanting "this is not a riot" doesn't make it peaceful.
kenigmatic 2 years ago
It was a protest after all. The polices role is to facilitate your right to "peacefully" protest, not to whack a shield in your face.
I don't think they where troublemakers, I may / may not support what their about but I know that the police should not be acting in such an aggressive manner. Some members of the Met's TSG seemed to have acted in a very disgraceful manner. Of all the Met's units the TSG officers should be the one's who can cope best under the pressure, not cave in to rage!
Fifty1stState 2 years ago 10
Haha TSG is the offspring of SPG. They're known for their appetite for rage!
uneedabetaname 2 years ago