G20 Climate Camp

[commfits]

You tree hugging hippie spongers. Peaceful my arse. You're clearly there to antagonise and deserve far more than the poor cops can give back. Utterly pathetic and should be ashamed. If you leave and do what you are being asked then the police wouldn't even need to be there wasting rescources on troublemakers who define their occupation as trying to save the planet. Worse than football casuals!

[teesee03]

Note the lunatic at 2:15. The face of his shield obviously isn't doing enough damage, so what does he do? Uses the edge, of course! Who says our police lack initiative?

[taconazi]

If you hippie faggots hadn't antagonized the police this would not have happened.

[captaintefal]

whilst i can understand why people are concerned about climate change i'm not too bothered. i've got a yacht and i can only see climate change being a benefit. lots more ocean to sail in and warmer weather at sea. i'm off to burn some trees and leave the engine on mine and my wifes car running whilst doing it.

[Heujaz]

Watch the shield of the riot policeman at about 2:02 - 2:09.

[TheRealJohnnySix]

Looks like the Guardian picked up the video, guardian co uk /world/2009/apr/19/g20-police-­video-climatecamp-tomlinson

Shame it doesn't appear to have more views (unless Youtube has disabled them as has been documented on other videos. )

[dapanyal]

What are the police trying to acheive here?

[anonymousrelease]

Around 2.12mins a few police men are very violently hitting out at the crowd with their shields, some are putting their shield on its side so it can be used with more power.

This is very aggressive behavior considering the crowd is moving back. The media should be alerted of this video.

[momurda6]

if one wants to get a batton in the face they should push and shove the police.. while the police tell them to go away...

its clear that these people want a batton to the face. period.

[bluseafish]

So sad that it came to this - the climate camp was so peaceful, all cups of tea, cake and chanting...

The police have just widened the gap between 'us' and 'them' which doesn't help anyone.

[kayfromeast]

It looks like police are the one pushing the people, and they are the one using weapons - shields to hit the public. don't understand why they are doing it? I can't see any one in the public in threatening behaviour. It is not Tianmen. It's London. Shocking to see such a behaviour of our police, who were provoking the violence.

[LushLeonie]

Yes, of course. You are talking about the masked police thugs, aren't you?

[portsanity]

We need to support the police .If it wasn't for them the streets would be full of masked thugs murdering people and getting away with it.

[robd79]

Freedom in the UK is under attack, not by terrorists, as the government would like us to believe, but by the very people who claim to protect us.

These images prove undoubtedly that we live in dangerous times as the elite fight to stay in control while they enslave and rob us all of our money and our rights.

The police are now the governments private army and will do anything to stop those who disagree or protest. The time has come for a revolution.

[markul]

A peaceful protest . The only thugs are those wearing uniforms . What happened to freedom in the UK ???

[LazyCat013]

why don't the police just use those water cannon's in a situation like this? much less dangerous, i got sprayed with a water cannon off a police van once, it hurt a bit but was kinda fun! sent me about 20 feet back!.......batons are not the answer.

[nogura]

I hate to say this, but unless these videos get shown by the mainstream media, there just won't be enough weight of opinion to prevent abuses in future. I'm sending links the half dozen best of these videos to a bunch of papers and tv news. It won't to any good by itself, but if enough people do likewise we might, just might, make a difference for the better. The alternative, more guaranteed abuses. Peace.N.

[robd79]

Unfortunately the government have too much influence over the media, the internet is the only place at the moment that they can't completely control.

[mythoughtsalone]

robd79

Yes I agree with you, some of the protesters could have been plants, one chap with blood down his face and another with a stick, could have been removed, by the police, but were not.

Instead the police lashed out at all and sundry, they did things to incite a riot, "Ketteling" keeping people for hours in a blockade, so much needs to be answered by the Met, for these actions, people will never have faith in the police again othewise.

[bizskithead]

this clear evidence that we live in a police state and you may not speak out

[ugotbeatdown]

yes rly. all cops are bastards!

[candykisses22]

This is absolute disgrace for the London Police Commission. I hope they hang their heads in shame. It's such a tragedy that even in our era of 'free speech' and the 'right to peaceful protests' students and others alike can still be treated with such distaste and violence. What a joke.

[mrgbennet]

I am sick and tired of reading comments by ill- informed, brainwashed, naive morons who criticize peaceful protesters.

When are you going to switch off your TV sets and wake up ?

I am sorry but the corrupt western governments and their elite masters have been takling the mickey out of you for years.

Do some research and support people who actually care and are trying to do something about it.

[mralexcore]

I'm not gonna take sides, but, to be fair to the police, all these people shouting "this is not a riot" are grabbing their shields, and if they get pushed are pushing right back, even the ones with their hands in the air. if they wanna make a point, everyone should have sat down, it's hard to push someone over who's sat down.

[pensmakemehigh]

For your information, later on after dark the protesters did again come under attack, they were all sitting down with their hands raised and they ALL were beaten and trampled on by the riot police resulting in many injuries. Is is easy to say, why are they grabbing shields, but if had of been there, you would of known that this attack came from no where and peaceful protesters were doing their best to protect themselves. I have never seen such terrible police brutality.

[mralexcore]

as I said, I didn't mean to come across as on the side of the police. they did wrong, clearly. I just think a lot of protesters were in the wrong too, and it's too easy to join the "mob" and "stick it to the man" etc etc. but at the end of the day, it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other in my opinion.

[bizskithead]

protesters wrong for protecting themselves... your a mess

[mralexcore]

I've seen photos of people there and heard from mates who were there too, and it seems a lot of "protesters" didn't give a shit about the g20, and only wanted a riot. if you're a peaceful protester why wear a balaclava or cover your face with a bandanna? why smash bank windows? I know you might say that's a one off, but still, if there's people like that in the crowd, the police aren't gonna ask everyone politely who it was, they'll just try and control everyone the same.

[robd79]

You ever thought that some of those people might have been 'put' there? Look at how many reporters were there to capture images of the smashing up the bank of Scotland. Look at how the police stood back!

That whole thing was orchestrated to give the media the message the government wants to put out which is, people who protest are violent anarchists. It's been done before and will be done again, governments plant people to stir up trouble to give them an excuse to lock up everyone else!

[doctormellow]

These things always end up th esame. The police cause a 'bottleneck' situation. Looking at this, it seems that the demonstrators have no where to go, so what do the police expect to achieve by pushing people back? Back to where? Hitting someone in the face is not crowd disperal, but I suppose that's what the cops want - provoke people, so when it kicks off, they and their TV mates can discredit them. Same old same old.

[thebigfaf]

it made me so and and made me feel sick being in that the other day. who are these thugs? and whos rules are they adhering to? its one rule for them and one rule for us. im so proud of us all though, for standing our ground and not fighting back. was hard to do, but we got our message over. i was appauled at the media coverage afterwards, on the north end the police beating that one guy up. very convenient distraction from the rest of us dancing and singing in the streets. fuck the police.

[thebigfaf]

the police...big shield...little dicks

[tropicNed]

That's pretty solid evidence of the criminal behavior of the police. Nothing but thugs. If those were assaulting people are not identified and justice is served then it's time that people start fighting back against the police with any means necessary. They are nothing but terrorist thugs.

[Barciad]

Those protesters make me proud to be English. Absolute bloody heros, each and every one of them. The police on the other hand, nothing more than hired thugs. An utter disgrace to all of us.

Just which part of 'This is Not a Riot' don't they understand?

[borinpc]

There's another copy at watch?v=t244-zEENSs with 6 times as many views and comments and at least one other yt of it.

[borinpc]

I printed an A4 word doc stating:

"go youtube"

"search for yousirdmo"

"see police brutality against peaceful protesters"

"(line break)"

Use the copy-paste functions to copy it down the page, then cut the page into strips to hand out in street, shops etc..

I handed out and just one loon said he didnt care about fascism, others were very interested. You can of course tell by looking that some people are going to be fascism-enthusiasts or indifferents anyway.

[zapur1]

Going on from before, Just think about it that way and not just from the point of view of saying that as soon as the police take action it's police brutality.

What other options are there other than using there shields to push to make the crowd move back? the people there wanted to stay there and obviously didn't want to move away.

[zapur1]

The reason I see why they charged was to disperse the crowd and to mean that if any anarchists from the other riots joined in things didn't turn completely and utterly ugly. If I was one of those police officers I would not at all like to be told that in no circumstance am I to use my baton, it's virtually 1000 to 1 if that crowed turned bad many people could have been killed.......

[AK11000]

That's true if it was a riot. Its not. And it wasn't. Can I make it clearer? The police instigated the violence here and at the bank of England. There was NO I repeat NO risk of any violence until the police threatened the general public. And what does someone do when threatened? Fight back.

[manoffireandlight]

If one is so ignorant (Yes, I mean you 'The British Watcher' ) that one cannot distinguish between the climate protests and the economic protests (hint: look at the title of the video), then one deserves ridicule. These protesters are clearly holding their arms up and chanting either "This is not a riot!" or "Shame on you!". Such a shame that the High Court has ruled that such behaviour is justified, particularly as no violence is evident from the protesters.

[shvenbob]

It is a credit to the people there that I witnessed no violence against the police - not even lashing out. Very few people were arrested, with most of the climate campers being simply ejected from the camp.

[shvenbob]

As somebody on the front line I can attest that there was absolutely no violence. The police marched up and without warning began pushing. When pushing wouldn't move people back they attacked with the edges of their shields and by kicking - not many got their batons out, but afew did.

Shortly after that video ends we all sat down, which forced them to stop hitting us. We then proceeded to stay there for another 5 hours before a series of pushes by the police got us out.

[lokirat]

WTF ARE THE POLICE DOING?!? *shock*

[TheBritishWatcher]

Lokirat. .. you asked "WTF ARE THE POLICE DOING?!? *shock* "

Their JOB! . Im sorry but this country has laws and they must be enforced. If we had no police the anarchists yesterday would of burned down our entire city.

Police did an amazing job

[borinpc]

Police doing their job? Those police were committing the crime of assault and battery, (and intimidation of witnesses), with no mitigating circumstance (ie they were not themselves under attack). "British"Watcher you are a seriously warped nut badly in need of psychiatric attention. You are not impressing anyone here except yourself.

[TheBritishWatcher]

None of them committed a crime they were doing their job to maintain order and prevent damage to private property. Im not attempting to impress anyone i just enjoy talking to the nuts who defend the scum.

Its very simple the police order people to move, if they fail to obey the police then that person is breaking the law and risks being detained for public order violations.

[borinpc]

Rubbish. Police assaulting people who are not threatening others constitutes a clear (and serious) crime. Police giving orders to move makes not the slightest difference to this. In this instance it is obvious that the police were intending to force unauthorised entry into the tent area. Watcher, we are all going to leave you to your endless masturbations. Enjoy on.

[jujehmufeh]

You're funny - and at the same time, wrong in two things:

Cops are not supposed to protect "private property" - that's the job of the property owner. They're supposed to protect public property instead.

Also, if a cop says "move out of the way", and you don't, according to section 89(2) of the Police Act (1996), the cop must be acting in the course of his duty. You cannot be obstructing a police officer in the course of his duty if there was no law requiring you to move in the first place.

[borinpc]

juje- I don't think it can be clearly denied that they were "acting in course of their duty", given that the main duty of the police seems to be to defend grand criminality at all costs; they do have the official right to clear demonstrations etc. Just that does not entitle them to commit criminal assaults in the process.

[eric144144]

In my opinion, climate protestors are complete dupes, however it is the police who are causing the trouble.

[CeltiC15]

They should of gassed those hippy cunts tbh.

[hoostra]

That's why we call them the filth

[hardcore588]

ill agree with technoxes on that one every time the riot police come to a situation this is what happens a lot of people get injured and hurt.

to britishwatcher

i mean the protesters in this video have there hands up ffs showing that they don't want to start or cause anything and you still say they are troblemakers. have a word with yourself mate

[TheBritishWatcher]

Sorry but before the police tried to move them on in this video they are ordered to move. WHen riot police give u a direct order u move, if you dont you are not only breaking the law but putting urself at risk.

Every single person there knew what they were letting themselves in for.

[borinpc]

"Every single person there knew what they were letting themselves in for."

How do you know this? How did they know? In a context of the falsehoods put out by media and by yourself about how non-violent protest is respected by police, most will have reasonably assumed that police would not commit the wanton assaults shown here.

[betondfathomability]

TheBritishWatcher: what a fucking idiot. You probably got a right hard on watching the police beat up kids. Ooooh, hit them, go on *fapfapfap*. Loser.

[TheBritishWatcher]

No betond, i was angry before because the police were allowing scum to cover their faces and not responding to being attacked.. However they then responded by deploying riot police who used reasonable force to contain the protestors and restore order.

"Those kids" are the 18-25 year old thugs who were the hardcore element responsible for the violence.. plenty of video evidence to show that. Those scum responsible will be arrested and charged :)

[portsanity]

let me guess .you are really a bnp supporter but on your page you have put that you are not because you are hiding it from your employers.

When you are alone at night you get the old nazi uniform out and knock one off to a picture of Hitler,am i right or am i right.

[TheBritishWatcher]

I hate the BNP because they would destroy this country. I support the police and the state, not a bunch of anarchists who seek to burn down our countrys capital.

[YouSirDMO]

'Anarchist' isn't a cover all term for everyone you don't like, it's a detailed and reasoned political philosophy which you evidently know nothing about.

[TheBritishWatcher]

ofcourse, there were different people there most of them peaceful but most of the people didnt get hurt and didnt face off against the riot police.

Anarchists were in the protests, the police have to contain everyone to protect the public and property.

[YouSirDMO]

Yes, Anarchists were in the protest, I was one of them, doesn't change the fact that you seem to equate 'Anarchist' with 'Violent Thug' which is astoundingly ignorant.

[TheBritishWatcher]

lmao anarchists, anti capitalists and enviornmental extremists are all trouble makers. Ofcourse only some are violent but those are the people to blame for the polices action not the police themselves.

If it was a peaceful protest riot police would not of been deployed and people wouldnt of had to be held in areas for as long as they were

[YouSirDMO]

Heh, you know fuck all about the topic clearly so I won't bother any more.

[TheBritishWatcher]

You are a self confessed anarachist, im glad u dont want to bother with me.

[technoxes]

goes to show how clueless you are. It's right infront of you, and you still can't see it.

Go back to the sun newspaper, which is where I presume you get your news for the world from. Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?

This is how the nazi police act these days. I know several people who were not anti police before yesterday, but from coming home and experiencing it first hand. They now know the truth about what goes on. They were itching for a fight far more than any of the protesters.

[lopsidedbunnybunny]

I have to agree...

[optiuum67]

Nah, the BNP are far too left wing for TheBritishWatcher.

[borinpc]

"Nah, the BNP are far too left wing for TheBritishWatcher."

I'll second that.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Rubbish im not far right, however i have no time for violent protestors who think they can walk over the police in this country and do what they like.

We have rules, we have laws and when police in riot gear are on the streets of London u comply and follow all orders. Its very simple

[jujehmufeh]

You're funny.

The Climate Camp was organised and the police knew about it weeks in advance.

If they had a reason for telling us to get off the street, they should have told us beforehand. These protesters are not evil anarchists who masturbate with the idea of smashing a policeman's head. They're people who care, think, want the best of all of us and take to the streets if that's what it takes. And they encounter an unreasonably violent police.

Grow up and watch this video again.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Im sorry but whilst the protest was allowed when the police give people the order to move. Everyone follows it.. thats simply the way it works, in some countries they shoot people dead for not comply with police orders.

Our capital city had 10000s of protestors in the heart of the financial center, we had the worlds most important leaders a few miles away, we had the possible threat of another terror attack (like the one when we held the G8). The police have to keep order and everyone must obey

[jujehmufeh]

"Im sorry but whilst the protest was allowed when the police give people the order to move. Everyone follows it.. thats simply the way it works,"

Policemen are not Kings. They cannot command people. They are there to Enforce The Law and Protect the Citizens. No one told me which law they were enforcing when I asked "why should I move that way?" and I got kicked, punched, thrown away and the policeman shouting "it's a shame, isn't it?" sarcastically to me.

That's the law for you.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Lmao and theres the problem. Im sorry but the police enforce the law of the land, when they give u a direct order in such a situation people obey.

They can and do have to command people. They have the total authority of this country to move protestors along and if they fail to comply they are breaking the law. violating public order offences for a start.

Im a big fan of police cavalary, when the heavy horse line advances towards the crowd u soon get the scum running on their way. ;)

[TheBritishWatcher]

Not many countries use police cavalry and i think its a great asset for controlling the protesting scum. In other european countries they use gas or water cannon, the horse is far better in my opinion.

[TheBritishWatcher]

those protestors are the people who need to grow up, alot of them were bored 20 year olds.. they should be bloody working or at university not attacking our hurling abuse at British police.

[optiuum67]

"Rubbish im not far right"

Yeah. I believe that... One things for sure though, only sad sacks that have never done anything to be proud of their entire lives place as much importance on their nationality as you do.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Sorry but people who do great things still hold their national identity very high and see it as important. Ofcourse everything we do is thanks to the freedom and oppurtunity created by our great country.

Our great country has laws, and our police enforce those laws. Im sorry i stand with the police over these anarchists, environmentalists and anti capitalists.

[ChunderChunk]

Nice one for the upload, YouSir. I'm disgusted to watch this video, this is a completely disproportionate response by the police.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Police gave people the chance to move, im sorry but when you disobey a direct order from riot police you are putting urself at risk. People have a rigth to protest but they do NOT have a right to disobey the law or obstruct the police in carrying out their duties.

[YouSirDMO]

Actually for most of the day they were kettling people and refusing to let them move. Plus there's no law against peaceful protest.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Theres no law against peaceful protest, theres no law against the police containing such situations in the way they do.

When the police give people a direct order like to move back and they refuse, they are breaking the law and the police have the right to enforce and maintain the peace.

[YouSirDMO]

When you're kettled in with thousands of other protesters it's impossible to move. And they also spent the day deleting photos from phones and cameras (illegal, if the pictures were evidence they need to be saved and recorded, not deleted) plus they were demanding addresses and photos before letting protesters out. Also illegal. They broke more laws than the protesters did.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Thats the idea, we dont want u people moving towards ur target. I really did love the way the police let people move at one point then much later on they sent em back to where they started. Its simply letting the clock tick down so the protest ends. Besides they didnt keep everyone there for hours, some people got out after awhile.

Ofcourse the police should take photos and get peoples addresses, although i dunno about the taking peoples phones and deleting videos in the middle of that chaos

[YouSirDMO]

This was when they were doing a controlled release in the kettle which was far later on, the phone stuff that is. And at the RBS we were at the target of our protest, kettling was just mindless winding up. And why of course? If I'm a peaceful demonstrator why on earth should I have to register with the police? Should they know who I'd vote for too? What books I read? Fuck that.

[TheBritishWatcher]

no they already know all that once u provide them with ur name and address ;)

[unkie888]

tool

[unkie888]

Thanks for posting. I was there - the police just started smaking the shit out of these kids.

[TheBritishWatcher]

These kids? they should of all been in bloody school, college or university. These people were enviornmental extremists, anti capitalists, and anarchists. They are scum and the police have a duty to protect the public and private property from protestors and violent thugs

[YouSirDMO]

Climate Camp are pacifists. And everyone has the right to protest, it's, theoretically, enshrined in our law.

[bugmyass]

one thing that piss me off with peacefull protester are their legalist stance. they had all day and everything they needed to build nice baricade from what I see in this video just on the other side of the wooden fence and all they could muster to do is scream shame on you

well shame on you for not deffending yourself better

dont tell me this would of promted the police to atack cause staying peacefull really saved your ass there

[TheBritishWatcher]

One thing that pissed me off was British police coming under attack by a bunch of thugs. Many of the police were not in riot gear and it was only after police were injured that full riot police were deployed to restore order. Just like when the attack on a British bank (owned by the people) happened, police in normal uniforms with no shields or head gear were pushed back and overwhelmed by the mob... So riot police deployed to push em back. The best bit for me was when the police cavalry arrived

[YouSirDMO]

But that's just not true, at all. Were you there or is this just idle speculation? Because you really don't seem to have any kind of grasp of what went on.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Im engaged in idle speculation? lmao u got some nutters on youtube rubbing around saying the police have murdered someone.

Theres clear video footage of police coming under attack and riot police having to replace unarmed and unprotected police. We have footage from the hot spot at RBS< showing the unarmed police get swarmed before the riot police arrived to protect private property. (property which we the tax payer own now) which made it even worse.

When police give an order.. Follow it

[borinpc]

But the RBS incident took place OUTSIDE the kettled area, after this brutal assault.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Im sorry but the tv cameras show very clearly that unarmed and unprotected police came under attack in both locations. Riot police were rightly deployed to restore order in both locations.

[portsanity]

Just checked you out ,you really are a dick.

[TheBritishWatcher]

Thanks, im proud to be against these anarachists ashame some people do not show more loyality to the people that keep our streets safe.

[borinpc]

"the tv cameras show very clearly that unarmed and unprotected police came under attack in both locations."

Which cameras, where? A camera on this page certainly showed the precise opposite.

[TheBritishWatcher]

The BBC and Sky footage of protests showed scum attacking and pushing police in normal uniform (the ones without the riot helmet, shield and extensive armour) . CNN coverage showed the police line at RBS being broken and the vandalism followed.. In both cases the normal uniformed police were hurt or simply overwhelmed. So ofcourse in response riot police were deployed to restore order.. in both cases they did a bloody great job.

[jujehmufeh]

Thing is, you just watched the news.

If you were there, you'd know the only reason people broke into the RBS building was because a) we were stopped by the police directly outside that building and were not allowed to walk and b) we were flanked from the left and had no where to go, so people had to break into the bank.

The news show whatever's convenient. I also saw people get trampled over with horses and kicked by the police for no reason. I was one of them - I know better than the news.

[TheBritishWatcher]

so people had to break into the bank. lmfao, well thats the most pathetic excuse i have ever heard.

There is no excuse for breaking windows, and those responsible have been arrested and charged.. lets hope the courts make examples of em.

[commfits]

@jujehmufeh You know sweet FA!

[borinpc]

"The BBC and Sky footage of protests showed scum attacking and pushing police"

Can anyone show it us on the web? How come the BBC/Sky are not showing this, which in any case shows police brutality NOT necessitated by any protestor violence. And don't give me the bull about disobeying police orders, that does not entitle police to commit criminal violence (unless the protesters were wielding guns or what).

[TheBritishWatcher]

The police did a great job protecting the peace and preventing damage to private property. Just one buildings windows smashed? thats a great record, usually these anarchists destroy entire streets.

[portsanity]

you gutless shit head

[TheBritishWatcher]

Bite me, i support law and order not a bunch of anarchists, anti capitalists, enviornmentalists and b asic extremists.

Again the police did very well, pints all round at the end of the week i guess. Although those responsible for yesterdays violence will continue to be hunted down. Theres no hiding from Big Brother ;)

[hoostra]

Dickhead

[mythoughtsalone]

Judging by the thumbs down on all you comments, very few agree with what your saying, think you will find yourself as one of the minority, no matter what you say, people ae not stupid (dispite the elite thinking othewise) we can see for ourselves what the police are doing and its wrong.

[shektong]

ACAB

[ras1975]

murdering police scum

[TheBritishWatcher]

The police murdered noone yesterday.

[iumorata]

shame on the police

infinite thanks to the protesters

[technoxes]

fucking nazi scum police.

[TheBritishWatcher]

The police were very restrained, u see at the start of the protests all police were in normal uniforms, with no shields and no head protection. It was only when some of the scum turned violent and police came under attack the riot police were deployed. Most countries would of had all the riot police out from the start, we were too soft at first.

Police did an amazing job

[rspce]

Smelly hippys.