I felt obliged to turn up because I was at college around the corner but, yep, you're right it was so obviously scripted. And I could have left well before getting kettled in but I stuck around out of curiosity and paid the price.
I still remember that when I was getting searched by two police officers as we were being let out one by one, the indignance of the two searching police officers about how supposedly affluent a lot of the people were who they'd already searched. Complaining about all their credit cards.
yep, I was there.
kettled for three fucking hours. section 60'd.
the conveniently abandoned police van for the rioters to have their fun with. some masked up bloke trying to set it alight whilst that bloke with the long beard who you'd always see on demos in london selling The Green Anarchist deadpanning 'The Spectacle. Look at the spectacle'.
Ah, were you that lad they featured in the C4 news being a bit noisy with a megaphone?
Interesting couple of weeks that.
Thanks every one...got the papers from the library on the cheap..
Or my mates at the time thought I was a mental weirdo with all that political shit man.
