Riot going on now in Bristol - Stokes Croft

[Paulie Tandoori]

good on you bristol crew

 

[stuff_it]

 

[embree]

I posted on other thread:

Demo outside Magic Box/Telepathic Heights hit the road at midnight, marched down Stokes Croft. Some objects thrown. Mounted police charge drove the crowd back up towards Ashley Road. Dogs brought in. Ashley Road junction kettled.

Bottle throwing and barricades down Brigstocke Road (St Pauls), quite a few local kids in St Pauls having a go. Kettle apparently seeing sit down protests, police driving vans at people sitting in road etc. Roaming groups of masked up kids launching occasional bottle attacks at police lines. Quite a few vans just fucked off, may be dying down a little.

In addition - copter still out. Also: I fucking told you it's not just Tesco

 

[embree]

Twitter full of stuff about the sit in but then again the rioters tend not to tweet what they're up to. Seems quiet out there but maybe that's just cos I'm home. Perhaps I should go have a look again?

 

[gawkrodger]

if it carries on like this i'm fucking off up here and moving to live in Bristol! ha

 

[stuff_it]

if it carries on like this i'm fucking off up here and moving to live in Bristol! ha

I'd love to move to Bristol even more now too.

 

[embree]

More the merrier

 

[stuff_it]

Rather small peaceful faction sit in...

 

[embree]

Couple of vans with blues on went across Stokes Croft and up Hillgrove Street towards Jamaica Street just there. Dunno if there's shit going on in Low Kingsdown around Nine Tree Hill like last week.

Kicked off around midnight when the march down Stokes Croft, loosely stewarded by fluffy style 'normal' cops was baton charged by about four mounted police with riot cops following in. There was some stuff being chucked but it wasn't anything like being out of control at the time

 

[stuff_it]

Couple of vans with blues on went across Stokes Croft and up Hillgrove Street towards Jamaica Street just there. Dunno if there's shit going on in Low Kingsdown around Nine Tree Hill like last week.

Kicked off around midnight when the march down Stokes Croft, loosely stewarded by fluffy style 'normal' cops was baton charged by about four mounted police with riot cops following in. There was some stuff being chucked but it wasn't anything like being out of control at the time

Lol you can't point to stuff out your window on the internetz

There seem to have been a lot more than four on standby though...look forwards to draconian new laws after the bank hols....*has* to be a set up

 

[embree]

Loads of kids just legged it down onto Stokes Croft from Jamiaca Street, masked up, lots of locals. Police vans getting bricked along Stokes Croft. Right under my window

 

[stuff_it]

Any chance you could set up a live stream? The fighting has well moved on from where the last matey was.

 

[embree]

Nah, sorry. Not a techie LOTS of hyped up people on the street beneath my window, mostly facing up Stokes Croft waiting for the next move. Kids at the back trying to get the crowd to keep moving but it's not happening.

They're moving now, heading for St James Barton/Broadmead...

 

[embree]

Cops charging a few yards at a time down Stokes Croft

 

[stuff_it]

 

[embree]

Vans coming up SC. Line of police north of City Rd junction. ANother line on City Rd. Everyone heading down Upper York Street

 

[embree]

Horses, plod and vans heading into Brunswick Square. About to get very ugly down there

 

[embree]

Action's moved on. Somewhere down in Brunswick Square past Lakota

 

[embree]

OK, just been out and had to escort someone up to the BRI.

All quiet round Stokes Croft, still vans up the road and the chopper's still out. Twitter reckons vans and lines of plod up on Cheltenham Road by the Polish Church and signs of trouble up there too. No idea if anything's still going on but wouldn't be surprised tbh.

 

[embree]

A&S Police press release at 3:46am:

Police in Bristol are taking action to contain a group of protesters after a violent disorder broke out in the Stokes Croft area of the city.

Officers are in attendance in the Cheltenham Road area and are taking action to control the situation.

Neighbourhood officers were actively engaging with what was a peaceful gathering earlier in the evening but support was called in after a number of people became violent, put on masks and began throwing bottles at police officers - a number of whom have sustained injuries.

Members of the public are being urged to avoid the area at this time.

Assistant Chief Constable Rod Hansen said: "Unfortunately a number of people attended this event to incite violence and cause criminal damage. We will not tolerate this behaviour in our communities. Our primary concern is to keep people safe.

"Throughout the week our neighbourhood officers have received the message from local residents and businesses that they do not want any further disruption. There was further evidence of this earlier this evening during the build up to the trouble.

"A minority have clearly been intent on creating a volatile situation and committing criminal acts of disorder. We are taking swift and robust action to arrest those responsible."

Rick Palmer, Service Director at Bristol City Council, said: "What we have seen tonight is totally unacceptable behaviour which is clearly not supported by local people."

 

[embree]

BBC still pushing the Tesco angle because they haven't a clue what else is involved

There was definitely more of a St Pauls/Kingsdown angle tonight. Loads more of the local kiddies out

Tweets suggesting action atm is on Nine Tree Hill and also in the Bearpit

 

[embree]

More from Twitter:

8 arrested after windows of McDonalds at Cabot Circus put through - tweeted by a news cameraman
People kettled in Bearpit
Reports of firebombs being brandished

All unsubstantiated as yet

 

[embree]

Police line gets bottled outside the Bank pub

 

[DaveCinzano]

From the other angle:

 

[gentlegreen]

Brilliant. Stokes Croft now a no go area for cyclists.

 

[butchersapron]

Brilliant. Stokes Croft now a no go area for cyclists.

Have your 5 30am cycle elsewhere then.

 

[Thora]

Fucking hell it was loud last night! Woken up at 4am by a helicopter with spotlights right over our flat.

 

[Geri]

Brilliant. Stokes Croft now a no go area for cyclists.

Were you planning to cycle to Stokes Croft today?

 

[BigTom]

 

[BigTom]

This is about last week, not watched it yet just the first 30 seconds or so but think it could be interesting