flamingjimmy Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Did they expect the result of the charge to be the protestors to go "sod this for a laugh, I'm off the the SU bar"? How could that have possibly been the result considering that they weren't allowed to leave by the police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 The troublemakers at protests haven't been hired or rented by anyone, they just spontaneously turn up and cause some trouble, they aren't organised or given a brief of any kind. The riot police however, are drafted in from all over the country to 'police' protests, 'rent-a-mob' is a much more apt description for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 How could that have possibly been the result considering that they weren't allowed to leave by the police? I can't see any sensible reason for endangering the protestors, police and horses in the manner that the police chief's decided. At the point they charged with the horses, while the police were getting a bit of a battering with thrown objects, nobody was particularaly angry or scared. No buildings were being attacked and the protestors were getting nowhere. The police could have just stood their ground and waited for them to get bored. The horse charge changed all of that, even the news reporters on the ground were saying "it's all got a lot uglier down here". I can imagine a lot of previously peaceful (apart from a bit of shouting) people getting seriously angry at having to climb over other people while basically running for your life against a charging animal. Previously it was a rather rowdy protest, subsequently it was a riot. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against any of the brave policemen and women who were there on the day, and am disgusted by the behaviour of some so-called educated people, but the tactics which the police chiefs were subjecting their men and women on the street to left a lot to be desired. It's worth remembering that the only serious injury to a police officer on that day was as a direct result of the police chiefs decisions (the horse charge). It was unsusprising to later see the police spokeswomen blame all the sustained injuries entirely on the protestors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenoman Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Why not just give the Police guns, and water cannon? The cannon worked in Northern Ireland. And the guns will come in handy for shooting students/rioters who become a touch too "gung Ho"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 They rode into the space where the crowd had been. That is exactly how the video showed it, a well executed manoeuver by the police horsemen. Anyone not biased would admit the rioters dispersed before the cantering police horses actualy arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 They rode into the crowd, yes.Watch the video again, thsi time with your eyes open and the blinkers off. When the cantering not galloping police horeses arrived the rioters had already dispersed. The police should be congratulated for their skill and discipline in the face of rioting agression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I never said there were any. My point was that charging horses into groups of people is wrong.Do you know the difference between a gallop and a canter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Do you know the difference between a gallop and a canter? Canter is a spanish verb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTYKE Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 The army should be brought in to control violent polititians and the imbeciles who support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Canter is a spanish verb? Very funny, now, do you know the difference between a horse charging and a horse cantering? Simple question because I saw police horses cantering and the rioters well dispersed before they arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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