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, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

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)