Police clash with Protesters, SMASH EDO Brighton May Day, 2009

[rickisupforit]

left win benefit claiming scum who aren't interested in working for a living, i hope the police battered them . . .

[SpavChilli]

Whats the tune the guy is playing?

[lightningpete]

think photographers out number both the police and the protesters, at any protest or riot. lol

[jendrixhendrix]

They just look like they need a good hug, a bit of motherly love and a good bath. Bless.

[crazyror10]

ALL PEOPLE THAT PROTESTED ARE PrICKS!

[jendrixhendrix]

Not all of them, just these ones.

[didz83]

Such a profound point that it has to be spelt out in capitals. Get a grip.

[philcircou]

Can I just say that I was there, and no-one was violent until the police started batoning people at random and galloping their horses into the crowds.

[haxxor2]

The protestors got what they deserved. I agree with with a riot officer smashing a protestors head in. If an officer gives an order which isn't obeyed, the officer can use force.

[philcircou]

@haxxor2 Then you're a fucking meathead then, aren't you.

[haxxor2]

Yea, and I love it. Protestors should be round up and shot. They're a waste of space and cry about petty little things. Theres 60 Million people on this planet and they just think about themselves.

[haxxor2]

6 Billion, sorry.

[anglosuisse]

@philcircou are you going this year october 17th 10am ???

FREE PALESTINE !

[PlasticExplosive123]

Whatever man, dick head

[robmarriott72]

Gary Scott says up the BNP, well there you have it, thick rascist homophobe scum, they were ran out of Brighton last time they tried to set a meeting, all 4 of them , ha ha ha

[InternetUser1999]

You are an idiot TheRealPaperclip, us protesters were trying to stop the arms trade by shutting down an arms factory in Brighton called EDO. Next year there will be at least 20,000 protesters against EDO and we will succeed in smashing that factory to the ground and totally destroy it.

[robmarriott72]

All the people on this video actually seem like members general of the public so all this shit about smelly hippies is just prejudice

[garyscott]

where do u work  ? lidl ?

[robmarriott72]

Stuck up cunt, no actually i prob earn more thjan you, you dont have to be unemployed to be anti war but your so thick you wouldnt understand that

[garyscott]

shows how thick you are - i PROB earn more than you. asshole.

[robmarriott72]

Well good for you, im so happy for you, whatever!!

[garyscott]

i would not be happy if i were you - soap dodger.

[robmarriott72]

ha ha what a sad a miserable life you must have, bye bye loser xxx

[garyscott]

dont give me kisses gay boy or u 1 off them as well ?

[robmarriott72]

I can be whatever you want me to be, i dont live in a narrow minded oppressed little bubble like you fascists xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxx

[InternetUser1999]

Next year in 2010 we will have at least 20,000 protesters marching on the EDO factory.

[garyscott]

dream on while you search for that soap. next year there will be a powerful government in power and they will arm the police to dispose of filth like you. up the BNP....

[jendrixhendrix]

In your dreams. you could hardly get 400 at the last mayday demo

[robmarriott72]

Get a job?? how fucking predictable and boring, i work, i wash, i welcome protest in our city and any city, great day and cant wait for the next, all the shopaholics can go fuck themselves

[dan101uk]

yeah that's right rob fuck the shopaholics. And fuck the families with young children having lunch in a franchised restaurant lets throw bricks and terrify them. And fuck the independent traders in the laines that have previously supported Smash EDO lets smash their windows and drive away customers, ie their livelihood...

People like you are the reason Smash EDO lose popular support with every "protest"

[garyscott]

fuck u smelly arsewipe cunt

[taffboy72]

good coverge. thanks.

[Romboyd]

Who cares about EDO....Get jobs, pay tax and tow the line...

[davidhollandsisatwat]

smash hippies not edo

[zap2566]

i bet noddy and big ears are well pissed getting their car nicked

[cambershots]

what scum by that i mean the protesters if had lived down those streets i would ave been livid and tied a hose pipe up to the hot water and washed down the smelly lefty scum burning them .

[thenightmareakatsuki]

how about we do the same to you, you ignorant piece of shit not all protesters are, your just reinforcing negative stereotype fed to you by mainstream society next time you go to post some dumb ass comment like that at least use your fucking brain

[garyscott]

I would personally have brought out a machine gun - only way to deal with these pieces of shit.

[robmarriott72]

All mouth you sad fucker... come out next time and bing your water pistol big boy

[garyscott]

why bother when the real thing will eradicate you smelliy pieces of filth

[robmarriott72]

What a lame and boring person you sound, to think that such a diverse place as brighton still has ignorant twats like you who talk shite with no substance whatsoever is a shame, why dont you move to Eastbourne, suit you better.

Smelly?? pathetic!! i shower everyday, i work 5 days a week and i was born here so what else can you come up with.

[garyscott]

pity u dont die - sooner the better

[robmarriott72]

wow you really are intelligent, this goes to show the sort of people who oppose protest are braindead sheep

[EBlovesJB]

hahahahah i was in this protest

it was immense

SMASH EDO

[MistressKittysWORM]

THE TROUBLE IS

PEACEFUL PROTEST

doesnt get news coverage...

[pinkdusttink]

sinade: you must choose your words more carefully if you donot understand that then may i suggest you RUN

[sinade]

wtf you on about

[cousinpaulreynolds]

Why violence?Is there a need to punish the inoccent. smashing windows, car, paint, missiles? it may be a cheap old car but some1s worked hard for that & thugs think they can just come along & damage it, saddos. Im all 4 protests providing its peaceful. do these criminals think they are benefiting the purpose of Smash Edo?. Will the government listen to them more?. Surely this group want as many members as possible yet some just (minority) piss off the public & ruin it 4the genuine protestors.

[suzeecole]

That cheep old car wasn't damaged, it belongs to some of the protesters, who brought it along as part of the demo, it was just a bit of a hazard and proved difficult to push up the hills etc, it really is a carnival car, for being towed along the flat! They aren't criminals.

[cousinpaulreynolds]

lol, not the pink car.

3:35 the parked dark blue/black car! The wing is clearly damaged.

They are criminals if there causing damage to someone elses property!

[GreenAnarchist09]

who says the police didnt smash it?

at climate camp they smashed all the windows of our vehicles.

[cousinpaulreynolds]

From 3:05 are there any police in the video?, or is that police in disguise pushing the pink car along?, 3:23 any police in the shot?

[GreenAnarchist09]

we arent talking about the pink car, its alreadly been established that that was owned by the protesters. we are talking about the dark blue/black car. and there IS another video on youtube of the police pushing the pink car behind there lines and stealing it.

[MistressKittysWORM]

did they

were was the climate camp in bton

[GreenAnarchist09]

no it was at kingsnorth in kent. they were really bad at that.

[MistressKittysWORM]

ok

the pigs will have a match soon..

i think there will be a mass push by about 50 ..... then 1200 steam in ......this will happen one day...

because if your getting labellled as a trouble maker..then you miser well be one..

climate camps are 50 50 on males and females.....easy targets...

i went to millwall yesterday and the pigs wouldnt think of pushing the F TROOP...

.....at g20 protest they waited to 6pm ish when the protesters were knackered and then decided to have a fight...ACAB

[MistressKittysWORM]

PART 2

the pigs around brighton are normally ok...but the met are scum..

they treat our youth like the enemy..

i can see the day when a group of 16 youths will get pisd of with this and just give a copper on his own a real good kicking,,,sorry to say..but its true...

this is what happened at broadwater farm..the black community hit back...

this was after years of SUS laws....pigs used to stop black kids of 8 going to school...

BAD TIMES AHEAD OR DO WE JUST TAKE IT ON THE CHIN?

[sme307]

was this before or after the massive gathering at the roundabout at the peir becoz i missed this bit.

[Arthurbabydoll]

Well said. It was fun =]

[tobyisgreat]

hmmm....I generally agree with the EDO protestors and I don't trust the police one bit, but on the strength of this video there were a lot of people who were trying to provoke the police just to prove a point or get some attention. that's just going to alienate mainstream voters, which makes change realistically more difficult to achieve.

protesting is good and it's important, but if people fuck with the police just to make themselves feel important then it loses all meaning.

[sinade]

hahahaha BRILLIANT DAY!

well done everyone who was there.

for all you cunts who dont quite understand what were doing?

this is for your sons and daughters were creating a future for them.

[MistressKittysWORM]

correct

[Gibbo4544]

I think that by calling people who don't understand you "cunts" that perhaps you might be alienating yourself and your cause.

[sinade]

haha maybe but its increasingly frustrating to see comments from people who havnt been to the protest applauing teh actions of police and dismissing those of "smelly hippies" i think anyone can understand that. but maybe i should take a less aggressive approach if i expect or hope to alter any kind of ignorant views from the public.