Unprovoked police charges and mass arrests of activists during dec12 demo cop15 Copenhagen

During the dec12 march on 12th December, there was an unprovoke charge by the Danish police force at a group of protestors that formed part of the march. They cut off hundreds of people including many who were marching as part of Libertarian Socialist bloc in a charge straight into the crowd, causing people to panic and run. People were then made to sit on the cold stone floor for many hours in the near freezing December temperatures to have their hands cable tied together and then be carted off in coaches.

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[Veganpony]

@JPSoviet the US?! the only fukking reason the US has never experienced any fucking social revolution is because you all are silent sheep, who fears the gorervment

[KristaDrews]

I didn´t see this demonstration at the COP15, but i did see some very scary things.

I´ve lived in Copenhagen for 3 years now, and this year at the COP15 i clearly saw the police´s unnessesary brutality. For an example i saw countless media people being bit by the dogs for absolutely no reason at all! Im fed up with this, i do not want to see this lovely,peaceful country turn into a Police state! STOP IT NOW!!!

[freechristiania]

They were not sitting only 3 hours. More like 8 for some 400 of them. The police said they did not have enough busses. Which is a lie. There were no problems in the rest of the demonstration, and almost no cops. They made the protestors sit on the cold tarmac only to teach them a lesson. A lot of them wet themselves. They did not get any water or food from the police, only from sympathetic civilians. This was against human dignity. And 90 % were innocent bystanders or peaceful protestors.

[thefunkygeezer]

did anybody actually vote for a police state?

[HMHero]

Good on the police! Fuck all leftist idiots, they should all rot in hell.

[nt78stonewobble]

*yawn* No unnessary police brutality in this video.

And I agree with rosdahl100. The right to protest does not include destroying property, violence and defying direct orders from the police.

If you don't like those rules you can vote differently (though I don't think you would get a majority behind you) or move to another country.

PS. Have any of you protestors (if there are any here?) ever been hit by a thrown/flying brick? ...

[correll28]

@Veganpony i live in america and agree with this, as much as i HATE to admit it

[mark32811]

Just ignore the government. Ignore your speeding tickets, ignore your drivers license expiration, just stop giving any of it your attention. Then this bull will fall away naturally. Remember it's YOUR money keeping this bloated demon alive. Get out of paper, use gold/silver. It's much harder to manipulate and tax.

[rosdahl100]

@grimyguerilla

Fair enough. You sound like one that was part on the demonstration. Then you also know the demonstration was´nt completley peaceful. And you also know there are people that only protest looking for a reason to fight the police. What do you want the police to do when that group hides among the "peaceful". You se my point. Ond more thing, the right to protest is only valid until the police says you got leave. Read the law about protesting.

[grimyguerilla]

@rosdahl100 Yes, that is correct but not completely. Because we are talking about the case at hand, and not an artificial one from the law-student's casebook. For them to exercise usage of force, there need to be a legitimate reason, or a real threat at hand. Obviously this is not the case here. The usage of force by the police in this case against peaceful protestors was excessive and inappropriate and probably part of political agenda.

[rosdahl100]

@grimyguerilla LOL. You are right to a certain point. If the demonstraition is peaceful BUT when the crowd of the demonstraition escalates into violence and destroying properties then that is it. Then the police i authourized to use force. If you dont do as the authority tell you, you will suffer the consequences. If they tell you to leave and you dont, its your own fault if you get a beating. If you people dont want to keep it peaceful you deserve to get beat up.

[cfodk]

The role of the police in Denmark is actually to protect us from fascists. Like you.