Weds 1st April: G20 protests - discussion, reaction and chat

[laptop]

Since when are back handers part of reasonable force?

Am I right that this is the hyped-up policecreature shown wearing the forearm armour a minute or two earlier?

If so, then it would appear to be assault with a weapon...

 

[shaman75]

https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/427427.html

 

[Wilf]

The sheer contempt shown in the backhander is almost worse than the baton attack. The whole thing is made bizarre by the English Bobby cliches at the end .. "there's nothing to see..".

I do hope somebody with better IT skills than mind is getting a wall of shame of these images. 'Name These Thugs' sounds like a working title.

 

[Wilf]

https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/427427.html

ah, I see its already started for him.

 

[winjer]

People were 'forcibly removed' from numerous areas of concrete yet were allowed access to the 'one primary grievance point' for about an hour, one of the very limited places to not be boarded up.

This is utter nonsense - there were two bank branches within the initial cordon, neither boarded up at all.

This is the scene outside RBS:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3406023407_0ac1d4a294_o.jpg
And this is shortly after, but before the smashing:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2laztxw.jpg - if you look closely you can even see one of the so-called plants in this one.

The only other place that i seen unboarded was HSBC, that didn't have standard street level windows and was heavily guarded.

This HSBC?
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/images/2009/04/426218.jpg

 

[paolo]

The sheer contempt shown in the backhander is almost worse than the baton attack.

Yep. That's what got me.

 

[ymu]

And he goes in with a baton to the legs just after that. Cunt.

Shame he's so easily identifiable from the pics.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

More police brutality ...From 3:25 onwards....Sickening back-hander and baton whack
on a defenseless woman. Who is this nasty bastard copper? He needs to be identified
and charged with assault.

police brutality in all its glory.

 

[GoneCoastal]

That's appalling.

A bit of push and shove I can deal with, but that's dreadful.

(And yes, I'd put it over the line, as assault. Since when are back handers part of reasonable force?)

If you take a look at the Indymedia article's comments, The Guardian are attempting to contact those involved. So it looks like someone is trying to follow up

 

[rover07]

Is this a man? Looks like a woman to me...possibly Spanish.

Does anyone know what the T-shirt says?

 

[Garcia Lorca]

"............ REMAIN SILENT"

yes and i thought it was a woman as well.

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

"............ REMAIN SILENT"

yes and i thought it was a woman as well.

Right to remain silent

 

[two sheds]

"............ REMAIN SILENT"

yes and i thought it was a woman as well.

I thought s/he had a moustache, but it would perhaps explain the good condition of the clothes

 

[winjer]

Is this a man? Looks like a woman to me...possibly Spanish.

Does anyone know what the T-shirt says?

He's an Asian teenager, and it's a Moral Dilemma 'Right to remain silent' t-shirt.

Here's another picture of it:

 

[mr steev]

He's an Asian teenager,

Are we looking at the same photo?

 

[winjer]

It's all in the lighting, as I said:

Yes. He's lit by vast amounts of flash at that point. What colour's his skin, do you think?

 

[Garcia Lorca]

It's all in the lighting, as I said:

thanks winjer, missed your original post when you said that before.

 

[xes]

I'd like to know where the flatscreen moniter came from.

 

[Treacle Toes]

He's an Asian teenager.....

I very much doubt that!

 

[mr steev]

It's all in the lighting, as I said:

In the darker photo I'd say that his/her skin tone is not much different from mine during the summer months!
The hands look very white (including the unlit knuckles)
The hair is definately light brown

I'm not convinced

I do find it a bit wierd that none of the right-wing rags have run a 'who is this violent thug' type articles as you often see when football thugs have been photographed.

 

[winjer]

In the darker photo I'd say that his/her skin tone is not much different from mine during the summer months!

He's stood next to another Asian teenager in the last photo, and several white cops, the distinction is very clear. But I'm not going to post the full image here, you could always look for it yourself.

 

[xes]

end of the day, what does it matter if it's an Ansian teenager, or a European teenager or an African teenager? IMo, this is going slightly off topic, for no good reason other than pedantry

(I'd have said more Medeteranian than Asian, going on skin tone )

 

[mr steev]

end of the day, what does it matter if it's an Ansian teenager, or a European teenager or an African teenager? IMo, this is going slightly off topic, for no good reason other than pedantry

(I'd have said more Medeteranian than Asian, going on skin tone )

Agreed

 

[winjer]

end of the day, what does it matter if it's an Ansian teenager, or a European teenager or an African teenager? IMo, this is going slightly off topic, for no good reason other than pedantry

On topic: Asian teenager stop'n'searched by BTP when he exits the tube station, later smashes a bank window. Provocation? Not really. Linked? I'd say so.

 

[Treacle Toes]

I am a bit confused as to why you are trying to convince everyone that that guy is Asian.

 

[winjer]

I'm not trying to convince anybody of that, it's simply apparent from the photos I've seen.

 

[ymu]

I am a bit confused as to why you are trying to convince everyone that that guy is Asian.

Not so much "Asian", as "Asian teenager", as in "not a copper in fancy dress".

 

[nick h.]

His or her race and gender might just be relevant to the dumb theory that s/he is a police officer. There aren't many asian officers and the corrupt bully-boy types who might conceivably sign up for Agent Provocateur duties are usually white aren't they?

I reckon it's just some student who thinks the G20 party is this year's Glasto and bought the hat, shemagh and T-shirt specially. Being photographed heaving stuff through the RBS window is even better than getting on stage, wickieeeed! Bound to have been nicked. With any luck the Mail will cover the trial.

 

[winjer]

I reckon it's just some student who thinks the G20 party is this year's Glasto and bought the hat, shemagh and T-shirt specially.

It's not a shemagh, can't you even be bothered to look at the photo?

 

[Treacle Toes]

It's not a shemagh, can't you even be bothered to look at the photo?

I've looked at the photo and there isn't an Asian in sight.