G20 Protest; London, The Police and Public Clash

[DanielJamieson97]

@TheSoulSearcher1 Ha! Police are clearly pussys. The fact that these fucking protesting tools stand and think they are above the law says otherwise. The police don't stand by the MP's, they do their jobs, and protect the people of this country who actually have brains, and realise they can't stand and try and fight past police officers in a protest. These protestors deserve everything they get, they DO use violence. They try and ram past the police, so, the police should be allowed to fight back

[zanrain]

STOP RIOTING:YOU ARE ONLY GONNA GET YOURSELVES HURT.............

[ronsiris]

i aint no police lover,but some people call english police weak,and others call them brutal,and most foreign police forces are truly brutal, try protesting in iran,syria,russia,and then you would complain,yeah britain is so bad yet it seems half the world is either visiting or trying to live here.and to be a policeman without a gun ,forget it,ten thousand aweek wouldnt be enough to do it.

[CloseTheseEyes]

@TheSoulSearcher1 Yeah, my opinion is you're a fucking twat, and you have no concept of how the real world works.

Who the fuck do you call when a man breaks into your house with a knife? The fucking police. Talk about pissing in your own drinking water, you are given the freedoms, safety and security in the UK that other people would DREAM of, and you spit on that protection you get from the police forces?

You are a naive coward, and a disgrace to the society you take for granted. Keep walking

[MisterBlinkyTheGreat]

There's no such thing a "peaceful protest", because it always over excited, asshole hooligans looking for chaos, pushing, throwing and shouting shit at police. When the fuzz retaliate, it's justified because they do it put these assholes into submission. Long live capitalism.

[broodwarplayer]

@TheSoulSearcher1 Definitely pointless bloodshed will resolve everything.

[grysjay]

@TheSoulSearcher1 well the answer becomes use of riot officers and baton rounds. as seen in 3:57.

[jmhughes5]

@TheSoulSearcher1 The riot police train for this to fight as a grp so i very much doubt this, also i think that if a police man asks you to move...you move... if you dont, no prob if he hits you and makes you bleed!

[muslim123ish]

@TheSoulSearcher1 true the police are only hard with batons look at bradford riots oldham riots the police couldnt do anything against petrol bombs

[rammsteinaholic316]

@TheSoulSearcher1

Doubt it you daft arse.

[Ethical08]

Great Television

[bstopard]

@TheSoulSearcher1 I disagree with MET tactics on this day but to meet the oppression with weapons would be to give police justification for brutality and kettling. Many police were politely doing what was asked of them that day. A handful enjoyed shoving bystanders and taking cheap shots at journalists, tourists, children and peaceful protesters way too much. The latter should be dismissed at the very least.

[mehmoodghaznawi]

David Cameron is a wainker, mother fucker, sun of bitch. Why don't he stop eastren european who are distroying UK's economy. FUCK CAMERONA FUCK EASTREN EUROPEAN.

[sidka84]

@mehmoodghaznawi how eastern europeans destroying uk ecnonomy?

[harrybyles1996]

dont know why some people call the police scum for standing in they way.. they properly want the same as the protesters

[davermason]

so at 3:00 do 'peaceful protestors' need to cover their faces!?

[01289PUDNAN]

@davermason no but police provocateurs do!!

[davermason]

so at 3:00 do 'peaceful protestors' need to cover their faces!?

[JUKIO01]

i wonder what our enemy be in the year 2050. 50 years ago it was commnunist, now its terrorist, wonder who will it be next

[nummulite99]

I'm sorry, but you cannot march in thousands through a city, intimidating the inhabitants, the police and threatening damage to private property without expecting recourse. Like always, a genuine cause for protest is hijacked and belittled by a minority of antiestablishment thugs. The police did a marvellous job in maintaining order under extreme conditions, and are no more corrupt than the 'ringleaders' of violence instigated by these 'protesters'.

[gibbspower]

This is truly exceptional public order policing, with the Met again showing why they are the finest in the world at it, and command such international respect.

Other than some pushing and shoving when the crowd tries to break police lines, there is no untoward violence towards anyone. In any other nation on earth, there would have been a riot - look at the farce that was the Copenhagen summit and the unreal Police brutality shown over there - something not seen in the UK for decades...!

[smellyfooty]

the only violence i see is coming from the police.

hopefully next time, the people don't run away but rather in large numbers they walk towards the police and don't stop until the people say what they have to say without being interrupted by violent shows of force by the cops.

united we stand.

large numbers of people; that's the key

[mrjamest2000]

@smellyfooty Oh grow up. Reply if you want a debate.

[DanielJamieson97]

@smellyfooty The police aren't using any violence, until provoked. The protestors attempting to ram past them, are using violence, as this video clearly shows, so, they police are doing their jobs and stopping them.

[bstopard]

@DanielJamieson97 I've been to a few protests and carry injuries today only from the cheap shots I recieved from police this day. I'm pro police and respect their difficult job, but here police showed up at a peaceful rally and went ape shit. You cannot imprison thousands of people wiothout mayhem ensuing; ketting is for hunting animals

I'm sure balck bloc would have caused trouble regardless..thanks to them I got to leave and go back to work. Props to the cops and shame on command structure.

[LendMeYourHand]

You never hear about an officer dying at a protest, thats because the officers are the aggressors. With power is corruption. I'm waiting, its our turn now. fight for us or against us.

[gdw1234]

the the other side looks a whole lot mroe fun lol.

[JimboTimbo1]

Protesting is alive and well but so are the idiots who try to turn it into violence, i dont mean the Police, the media and the majority twist the facts and i speak from the front lines.

[thefunkygeezer]

It looks like , by their brutality including the unpunished killing of ian Tomlinson, the police have lost their authority to order people about.

What goes round comes round

[lightningpete]

Also "detainment of the innocent" well some of the frontline protestors were swearing and using objects for their means of protest, Im sorry but if i read somewhere rightly you can be arrested for such offences too, not just in this video mind, many others.

[lightningpete]

i believe it was an attempt at a different tactical approach to the containment method, problem was many of them were trying to help contain between too large gatherings of protesters and the protection of buildings too... However, it must be remembered, because your protesting, it too doesn't give you the right to riot. Theirs a distinction between nuisance, disturbances and riots

[sasaneti]

Thanks God for this very brave protestors which kick this idiotic police out.

[bigpactube]

need more PROTESTORS that was good how police got boxed in everyone had a good chance to kick their asses

people need more signs

[lovinglife123]

I have respect for a vast amount of work the police do to help the public but they are servants of the public not their masters and within these recent demos some failed to make that distinction! From higher ranking officers to the officers at the demo there blantantly has been a systematic failure that needs to be addressed.

[paul688]

The police got in trouble for saying they were 'up for it.' I think 95% of the country would be up for beating abusive, trouble making hippies!

[qq2w3e4r]

Lets play a game, its called who am I?

I walk the streets late at night on my own, sometimes I get scared, but I know the people in their homes need protecting.

When the good people need help, I risk my own life to defend theirs.

When people do get hurt, I reasure them, and talk to them and give them as much support as I can.

Chances are, me or one of my friends has helped you.

Who am I?...Im the guy in the high vis jacket who you just spat at, im a British policeman at the G20.

[Unknown0321]

You mentioned nothing of capitalism nor free trade, not even anything of the financial bailouts in which this protest was mainly formed to put to a halt. Big woop your a cop, you didn't mention cops also beat 18 year old protesters in their heads with batons who fight for a better world rid of this corruption. These protesters are the people who are AWAKE, and CARE FOR OTHERS who are less fortunate. If you truly knew and believed that you would have tossed your uniform and helped.

Solidarity.

[ajaaronjoe]

Next time we need to bring many bricks, baseball bats and molotovs ;)

[julesmoody]

I suggest you leave GB-do not want your sort here

[bstopard]

To a rally about equality and peace??

[lopsidedbunnybunny]

No one makes you join the Police it's like saying I joined the Army only to get shoot at and that I'm not happy about it. Anyway it's apart your job you being paid to do this. Didn't they tell you that when you signed the dotted line? You should sue. ;)

[MentalFabric]

Obviously you're making some distinction between the 'good people who need help' and some other group of 'bad people' who apparently don't.... that's probably the mindset that led the police to assault the innocent Ian Tomlinson at this protest.

[AntiVot]

god vid thx for posting ! freedom !

[zulufrog22]

what a knobed...in a matter of days...lol

[AnimalRightsMilitia]

really awesome footage!! :D

we'll never give up!we'll never give in!! and we'll always win!

[musirasta]

And heard a big support from the Italian anarchist movement! away from the fight but with the heart to our brothers! make this world free!

[WilliamSelassie]

What the filth doubted his own suggestion?

[Sirrocor]

Yeah. Nice piece with a coherent narrative progression.

[Blankey86]

Good piece. Has an informative flow in the editing that I particularly enjoy. Hazzah.

[bstopard]

Awesome compliment. Thanks!