G20 Protest; London, The Police and Public Clash

Kettling used by police on peaceful protest. G20 Protest in London England April 1st 2009 - It seemed like a giant game of 'Red Rover' as police fight to contain thousands in a small area.

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[Blankey86]

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

[bstopard]

Awesome compliment. Thanks!

[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.

[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.

[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!