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Police Provocation Caught on Camera!
The Met Police are facing accusations that the tactics they used to control the 4th November student protest were heavy handed, after a video surfaced supposedly showing a tough approach to the policing of the event.
The video above shows the reaction of two protesters to a police arrest at the student demonstration. The protesters had an unlikely ally, as MP for Hackney North Dianne Abbott told The Independent that the level of policing at the event had surprised even her.
The incidents at the most recent demonstration reflected those that had occurred at previous events with police facing calls that they were doing little to defuse tense situations.
The above video, filmed at a previous march was highlighted by Russia Today. It shows two plain clothed police officers running into a crowd of students for no apparent reason. In the process they appear to grab a bystander and swing him around in an aggressive fashion.
The incident occurs in clear view of a number of uniformed police officers who watch on.
The incident in question occured at the end of the student march, with the creator of the video who remains anonymous, stating: 'A young member of the British public had been attacked and left visibly shaken, and the very person he would have expected to help him turned away. And on top of that it was a police officer that attacked him.'
The student protest, which Guestlist reported on was one of the most intensively policed events in London’s long history. A reported 4,000 officers were on duty with 24 arrests being made.
