windows smashed at RBS-London

[Dóchas]

protests in london are intensifying as clashes between protestors and pigs. windows were smashed earlier on in the RBS and small fires were lit. boank of england recieved less damage but protests still are outside. police have drawn their batons but have not used them except in minor clashes. riot police and mounted police are being brought in as fears of violence continue to grow.



Police estimated that up to 4,000 protesters - anti-capitalists, anarchists, and climate change activists - had gathered in the City of London.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7975597.stm

[Jeoh]

Classic BBC. You can see a cop smack some people with their batons at 01:10, and a few seconds later you hear him say that the cops haven't raised their batons.:rolleyes:

[Stranger Than Paradise]

They are kettling in the protesters around RBS. Nothing much has happened though. I anticipated stuff like Seattle '99. I suppose the evening has just begun.

[Trystan]

Pretty pointless really. Smashing windows, I mean. But then the smug yuppies were waving bank notes at the protestors . . . I wonder who would win the PR battle if someone forgot to put out a cigarette in the lobby? :lol: Just a hypothetical scenario.

[Bitter Ashes]

tbh, I'm quite suprised we havent seen anyone throwing combustables through the broken windows. 5,000 people there who are clearly very angry, so it comes as a suprise that not one of them has acted in that way.

[Stranger Than Paradise]

Pretty pointless really. Smashing windows, I mean. But then the smug yuppies were waving bank notes at the protestors . . . I wonder who would win the PR battle if someone forgot to put out a cigarette in the lobby? :lol: Just a hypothetical scenario.

I know bloody bastards. How do they get home safely though. Not saying I wish they do just wondering how they will leave without being confronted.

[Jorge Miguel]

tbh, I'm quite suprised we havent seen anyone throwing combustables through the broken windows. 5,000 people there who are clearly very angry, so it comes as a suprise that not one of them has acted in that way.Where are the hallowed words of condemnation for such menacing violence? I mean, the majority of British people are surely happy with the present political set up.

Better still, EasyJet anarchists should stick to social centers.

[rednordman]

Classic BBC. You can see a cop smack some people with their batons at 01:10, and a few seconds later you hear him say that the cops haven't raised their batons.:rolleyes:LOL!. You can say that 2 times over. Today, I have seen extended news reports from both BBC and Sky News....they all showed the bankers laughing at the obviously hostile protesters..but absolutley NOTHING of the clearly scumbag bankers of waving notes at them. That would SO give the public a completely different perspective of these protest than the bullshit they have been feed by the media.

[Partizani]

I was there later on in the day, the police forced us to act. I was boxed in twice with no way out except smashing the pigs lines. Police brutality was at a high with baton happy British transport police! Shows how desperate they are,

My support goes out to all those camping there tonight!

[Dóchas]

it was hilarious as i was watching sky news it showed live a protestor grab a pigs baton and fuck him over the head with it. :laugh:

apparently it was only a few "thugs" and "trouble makers" that were a minority of the violence and that the pigs did an amzing job to control the situation (is that why protestors were actually in the RBS throwing office equipment out, lighting fires inside and walking on the roof? :lol:).

[rednordman]

it was hilarious as i was watching sky news it showed live a protestor grab a pigs baton and fuck him over the head with it. :laugh:

apparently it was only a few "thugs" and "trouble makers" that were a minority of the violence and that the pigs did an amzing job to control the situation (is that why protestors were actually in the RBS throwing office equipment out, lighting fires inside and walking on the roof? :lol:).Sky and BBC Blues I think. lol. I must admit though that the BBC did deliver fairer coverage though.

[Dóchas]

Sky and BBC Blues I think. lol. I must admit though that the BBC did deliver fairer coverage though.

ye i just find sky news hilarious because they try to down play the violence as mere "scuffles" as they show a group of protestors break the police line on their live camera feed....quality!! :thumbup:

[rednordman]

ye i just find sky news hilarious because they try to down play the violence as mere "scuffles" as they show a group of protestors break the police line on their live camera feed....quality!! :thumbup::laugh:Their final truth hey! The thing that made me laugh was how one one line they used the phrase "the violent demonstrations, ..and the peacefull". For the violent, they showed someone who blatantly had been hit hard by a police officer...,and for the peacefull cliental (in other words the green/climate change/enviromental) they showed an uninterrupted shot of a placid looking man with danylions ringed across his neck and a ponsy shirt, paying a loot...Yes skynews, peacefull protest do not change much. No wonder you like them.+im shocked they did not show the bankers waving pound notes at the protesters, all they did was make them look like poor innocent victims, trapped at work.

[Dóchas]

im shocked they did not show the bankers waving pound notes at the protesters, all they did was make them look like poor innocent victims, traped at work.

ye i heard about that. how did they do it without being ripped to shreds

[rednordman]

yer i heard about that. how did they do it without being ripped to shreds Well, if they made it into the building, smashing hardware from the bottom floor..and made it on top of the roof of the building (without hammering it to the ground) than at least they came close.

[Stranger Than Paradise]

it was hilarious as i was watching sky news it showed live a protestor grab a pigs baton and fuck him over the head with it. :laugh:



That's fucking brilliant. :lol:

Hopefully someone from our side will post a video of what actually was going on instead of one of these BBC or Sky Capitalist reports.

[rednordman]

That's fucking brilliant. :lol:

Hopefully someone from our side will post a video of what actually was going on instead of one of these BBC or Sky Capitalist reports.
Dito. I was impressed by the amounts of Anarcho-Communists that got coverage on ALL major stations. Are any of them on this forum?

[Dóchas]

im just worried about the amount of pigs with cameras. they are obviously making a list of people to watch out for in the future :(

[Stranger Than Paradise]

Dito. I was impressed by the amounts of Anarcho-Communists that got coverage on ALL major stations. Are any of them on this forum?

Really? I didn't hear any speaking. Whehn was this?

[rednordman]

Really? I didn't hear any speaking. Whehn was this? Sadly no, they where all acting agressive:lol:. But they where all flying the black and red flags. They all looked well angry:thumbup:.

[Stranger Than Paradise]

Sadly no, they where all acting agressive:lol:. But they where all flying the black and red flags. They all looked well angry:thumbup:.

Oh ok. Yeah I saw a few red and black flags. Not enough interviews though.

[rednordman]

im just worried about the amount of pigs with cameras. they are obviously making a list of people to watch out for in the future :(Yep. Skynews definitly did not forget to tell us that;). To elaborate, they said the cops where taking pictures of the protesters.

[Dóchas]

Yep. Skynews definitly did not forget to tell us that;). To elaborate, they said the cops where taking pictures of the protesters.

ye id say they will be building if they dont already have a blacklist quite like the blacklist employers have for active employees

[rednordman]

ye id say they will be building if they dont already have a blacklist quite like the blacklist employers have for active employeesThats what f**ks me off most. sorry for the bad language. I suppose now, everyone is one a list.

[Dóchas]

Thats what f**ks me off most. sorry for the bad language. I suppose now, everyone is one a list.

obviously. everyone is on at least one list

dont worry you are allowed swear here!! fuck, bollocks, shit, bastard, dick, etc. :lol:

[Pogue]

I was there, peacefully protesting. Alot of people got angry when the police didn't let us go home when we wanted too. No one caused deliberate violence, and the only anger came when we were batoned for trying to leave. They kept us for about 4 hours after we wanted to leave. I'm not going to post any vids for confidentiality issues but I'm sure someone will.

The atmosphere was good, alot of solidarity and genuine anger, although it was sad to see a few comrades receiving nasty wounds from the police, who were brutal, in the opnions of myself and many others. It was shit to see bankers provoking people too, with all the rubber necked idiots gawping at us from the safety of windows or balconies.

Towards the end most people were chilled out, seeing as we got to leave, which was all we wanted. Despite the shit the media and police spewed out, we were not there to cause trouble. We wanted a relaxed, fun atmosphere, which we got when the soundsystems played music we all had fun dancing too.

On the question of anarcho-communists on tele, I know a few journalists let a few of us express ourselves to the camera but nothing has appeared on BBC or ITV.

But I'd like to reaffirm that the 'violent scuffles' you see on the tele were because of the police refusing to let us out or even tell us when we would be let out. When we gathered by the exit routes, they baton charged us, causing a whole load of us to periodiaclly run, dodging waves of baton swinging police who often came from two directions at once. This resulted in anger and a number of injuries. Quite simply, the police dealt with it in a unprofessional and inhumane manner. They didn't have a clue, basically, would be my observation. Nonetheless, our spirits remained high with solidarity and merry-making all round when we could try it, that is, in-between being gassed and battoned by the police. The rave towards the end was great too, and alot of good messages are found written on the wall in the area. Anarchists have good writing and comedic skills, methinks :D

[Pogue]

ye id say they will be building if they dont already have a blacklist quite like the blacklist employers have for active employees

Most activists deal with the reality that the police have data on them. I know they have some on me, its without a doubt. They'll have it on pretty much everyone who makes themselves known on anything from Free Tibet to Stop the War. Its why alot of people will cover their faces permanently. The fear is, if you become recognised, you'll be targetted by the police on subsequent demonstrations even if you haven't done anything, as is most often the case.

[Dóchas]

Most activists deal with the reality that the police have data on them. I know they have some on me, its without a doubt. They'll have it on pretty much everyone who makes themselves known on anything from Free Tibet to Stop the War. Its why alot of people will cover their faces permanently. The fear is, if you become recognised, you'll be targetted by the police on subsequent demonstrations even if you haven't done anything, as is most often the case.

would the police have photos on them or be shown pictures before hand of people to look out for?

[Pogue]

would the police have photos on them or be shown pictures before hand of people to look out for?

When you're stopped ans searched on demsontraitons they always illegally photograph you, and often illegally question you too. Its illegal because you don't have to answer and they have no right under law to photograph you, but if you refuse to tell them th einformation you don't have to tell, and if you block the camera or look away, they threaten you with various things, such as 'We'll throw you in a cell', etc. So the threaten you into letting them take your details and photo, so they know what we look like. They also target people who 'look the types', i.e. those who cover their faces (ironically to avoid detection in the first place).

[Pogue]

I'd like to further add that the police on the ground justified their brutality by fabricating claims of RBS employees being injured in the bank. This is bullshit, because obviously the bank was empty for the day, no one was inside, otherwise the police would have been around the bank, which they werent. They make shit up to justify themselves.

[rednordman]

The atmosphere was good, alot of solidarity and genuine anger, although it was sad to see a few comrades receiving nasty wounds from the police, who were brutal, in the opnions of myself and many others. It was shit to see bankers provoking people too, with all the rubber necked idiots gawping at us from the safety of windows or balconies.Yeh, whats the deal with that, im starting to wish that they had what was coming to them, but do not want to sound sadistic. also the police really handelled this badly, if people want to go, let them go. If you send them the other way, it will obviously go wrong and entice them. The police cannot do wrong:rolleyes:.
Funnelly enough, in Burton (somewhere in my local area) city centre, there is a big blue advert on the back of a bus stop of the police basically enforcing the arrest statement. Me thinks this a sign of things to come (shows their true colours). Fucking jumped up ponses.

[RebelDog]

I'm puzzled as to why the police wasted their energy illegally stopping protesters leaving the financial district for hours, then searched and released (most) one-by-one after being photgraphed. I mean all they were doing was protesting against the most destructive, immoral, murderous system ever inflicted on the human-race.
Didn't they know that 20 of the worlds biggest gangsters, warmongers, environment-wreckers and murderers were just down the road having a luxury dinner at 10 Downing Street, laughing, joking and plotting scot-free?