Well, the Biased Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has made me extremely angry. The news tonight was appalling. They presented the footage of the TSG cop whacking and hitting the woman with a baton but still they had to distract us from the casual violence by remarking that the woman was ‘taunting’ the cops. Was she? I don’t think she was.
It reminds me of the first reports from the G20 protests that accused protesters of ‘goading’ the cops. Really? Where is the evidence…? I saw people on both days remonstrating with the cops, not causing any threat..yet that is construed by the media as ‘goading’. So how do they define whacking demonstrators? A gentle tap..?
On the 2nd April, the atmosphere at the Bank was peaceful. And the cops decided for some reason to attack. This TSG cop appeared, grabbed people, before he attacked this woman I witnessed him grabbing another woman, his arm pulled back with his fist clenched ready to punch her but he let go and pushed her away. I tried to get a pic of that incident but my camera was too slow, the pic I did get was him raising his arm to attack. This cop should have been arrested for the criminal offences he was indulging in by the other cops!!
Oh, and the other distraction by the BBC was the emphasis that the woman had brought in Max Clifford. Er, so what?
The report also wheeled in a former riot trainer who said we had to appreciate what was going on around the cops. When you look at the footage, and make that appreciation of the situation you will find that there was NO justification in the level of thuggery and violence from this cop or any other cop.
Many of the protesters and most of the police are just standing around. There is a bit of shouting. There are no missiles harmless or harmful being thrown. Neither had there been, the ground around the copper is clear of any debris such as bottles or broken bits of placard.
Just after that specific incident the copper slinks away to join another police line facing in another direction. These are not the actions of someone desparately afraid for the safety of his fellow officers.
Yet the damage has been done, the reporter didn’t challenge the former trainer. Most people watching the BBC report will go with the suggestion that there must have been something going on that justified the cop assaulting the woman.
See the video footage at Indymedia
Liz Davies in the Morning Star – Cops must face law
