UK 'kettling' tactic sparks anger - 4 May 09

A tactic known as "kettling" which was used by British police to fence-in and tire-out protesters at London's G20 summit last month has sparked a wave of protests.

One man died during the summit and his death has led to criticism over how police handle demonstrations.

Hamish Macdonald reports from London.

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[bbnemesis123]

Police "kettling" and police provocateurs are caught on tape for a reason. The police wants to show people that protesting is violent, so people will be scared to come out and protest due to violence. The police bring the most violence to protesting. Police provoking violence and under-cover police provocateurs starting violence in crowds are just unnecessary, because it goes against a person's right to protest.

[ogapadoga]

wtf the policeman killed a innocent old man... this is unacceptable...

[victorbarovsky]

"It could reduce people's right to demonstrate, but that's a price the authorities are prepared to pay"

[painsey]

@bonesstorage police state

[painsey]

petrol bomb the cunts

[bonesstorage]

Police kills an innocent man and no justice. Student almost hits a copper when throwing a fire extinguisher and get locked up within weeks. Go figure.

[litlemadguitarist]

Could I just say that polcieman arnt security to people but to PROPERTY. PRoperty has becoming more valuable then a human beings.

[sedgambit]

Power crazed police officers are little more than little boys with more issues than a magazine rack.

If I saw this type of brutality whether on riot control or every day patrols from a colleague I would immediately take it up with the chief inspector. We're there to serve, not bully and/or intimidate.

[YUSKHAN]

I wish ENGLAND had the Right to bear arms

[balaclavabloke]

Haha. Noob got owned with shield.

[bstopard]

Yes Al Jazeera is clearly biased. But they covered this story fairly. There were actually very few disruptive protesters there. Many observers, peaceniks, and even kids and suits were detained or bashed around that day. ONLY flirty girls were allowed to leave the protest area.

I went to film and ask questions to unravel these vague, lazy anarchist types but was assaulted by police instead. I was detained for hours with thousands of others. Police action that day was clearly criminal.

[AntiTerrorForce]

Al Jazeera with its mickey mouse journalism. it always loves to take a pop at the west always steering clear of attrocities by muslims on christians in the sudan and reorting crap like kettling. I bet the recent shooting of an iranian girl got less coverage than anything western. These protesters have a problem with everything which makes you wonder, are they an organised bunch who turn up at every event and the answer to that is yes. get a life you lowlife bums.