LONDON RIOTS. Bystander hurt by riot police in Enfield. Tottenham police brutality? 7/8/11

This original BBC sequence shows a met police riot squad confronting some youths throwing stones at them in Enfield, North London on Sunday.

The situation was tense as volatile as clearly the images show.

It appears that a riot policeman uses a violent shoulder assault (probably including helmet) on an innocent bystander that was walking with this hands in his pockets towards police.

A second policeman appears to deliberately step on the youth's leg as it lies injured on the tarmac.

The bystander is thrown in the air and falls badly. The policeman also falls after the clash. The youth appears badly injured but nobody seems to be bothering about it. Original commentary does not even refer to the event.

This incident is important because it is very similar tactic used on newspaperman Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests which ended with the death of Tomlinson.

;NOTICE: THIS EVENT IS UNDER A NEWSREEL DEMOCRACY INVESTIGATION. We will be making representations to the Enfield police on Monday Aug 8

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• enfield
• and
• tottenham
• riots
• London
• innocent
• bystander
• tomlinson
• inquiry

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[tommydhammer]

@anonymouse0spam Some people deserve a good wacking and that is exactly what all of the rioters need. Normal pedestrians don't walk towards riot please with their hands in their pockets.

[anonymouse0spam]

@tommydhammer

Hun, I'll call you "condom-split".

It's a shame you popped out.

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PART 1 of 2 My thoughts: His actions/intent are inconclusive. At 00:02 he appears to be getting up from the floor. He then slowly walks towards the police with his hands in his pockets. This could have been seen as a potential threat. Maybe using the footpath would've been better. It is not exactly clear what happen because the view is blocked by another constable (who appears to be female).

[tommydhammer]

Bystander my arse! Shame he didn't knock is head off.

[Willforbes296532]

why was the dumbass stood right in front of the police?

[67Joakim]

Bystander that walks in a group of people throwing stones...a normal person dosent mingle..we walk another way..not straight to advancing riotpolice. LONG LIV THE POLICE..good work...thx

[sasua741]

Ill give you police brutality you cunt...

[RaidenGear15]

@ianthenut this isn't my job. im not getting far by showing u any facts nd wateva. ill just send "petty insults" .. u ugly shit..

[ianthenut]

@RaidenGear15 And there we go, another childish rant of petty insults.

Your lack of knowledge in subjects was displayed in your first post, which I replied to explaining why you were wrong.

You have not been able to back up any of your post with any knowledge, fact, logic or reasoning. Instead you revert to childish insults when challenged.

If all you are capable of doing is rattling off petty insults instead of discussing/defending your comment or the video, then there is nothing further to add