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After seeing loads of video of the so called 'violent attack and an innocent man at the G20 riots, am I the only one that thinks this copper is gonna get hung, drawn and quartered by the very people he is meant to protect.
First of all, it was very sad to here that someone not involved in the riots has died. There are however a few discrepancies with this, he wasn't doing as he was told (ie moving on) he was even encouraged to move on by being smacked on the legs with a baton. He ignored all of this and thought he wouldn't bother doing what he was told, so he got pushed! that was it!!
Now the whole of the UK wants to hang this copper for doing this, so why don't we ask every thug and criminal to move on and stop what they are doing. When they say 'NO' the police should just walk away and let them get away with what they want. Oh I forgot we live in a society which has rules and those rules need to be enforced no matter how ugly it looks on camera
Rant over
Straight8
I agree.
The video on its own paints a bad picture. However, we know nothing of the events leading up to it and the question on my mind is 'why was he there'?
There is no Newsagent at The Bank that I'm aware of, and he must have known about the demo's taking place but chose to join the demonstraters.
The clip was filmed by someone on the anarchists lines, and sent to The Guardian instead of the IPCA.
