None of the people I saw were armed.
All of the police were.
Which ones came ready for a fight?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 14:12, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

You're being ridiculous.

( Kroney, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 14:13, Reply)

Kind of.
But only in response to your slightly ridiculous statements.
The difference is that you are basing most of your opinions on this particular case on that news clip.
I am basing mine on my personal experience of the case, which differs from how it was reported.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 14:15, Reply)

Your personal experience is every bit as biased as that new report.
I am basing my opinion on what I saw from the video footage, not what comes out of the reporter's mouth, I am also taking into account my own knowledge of police procedure that I got from my father. No doubt also biased. The police were expecting a riot. They came equipped for dealilng with a riot. The protestors lived down to expectations and got dispersed.
( Kroney, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 14:19, Reply)

I said that right at the start of this:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1883850

I also was trying to avoid a "He started it, Miss!" line of argument, as it doesn't really matter when people are getting hurt.
However, my assertion is that it was the police who created the situation, not the demonstrators.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 14:30, Reply)

Which is fine. But you're wrong.

( Kroney, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 14:57, Reply)

Quite possibly.
I was only seventeen at the time and that is how it seemed to me.

I have tried not to deal in black and white here - deliberately using words/phrases like 'seem' or 'from where I was standing'

I still have a healthy respect for a police force, but I saw a different side on that day.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 4 Mar 2013, 15:03, Reply)