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Re: It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence. ponder stibbons Send a noteboard - 02/10/2010 10:26:40 AM
According the posted article people were chaining themselves to tress and had brought tarps to defend themselves against water cannon. 1000 police officers in riot gear showed up so it can't have been much of a surprise.

Now they may or may not have done anything to deserve the violence, I really don't know, but they should have known it was likely to get ugly.


As I mentioned before, the tarps were there because people had been camping in nasty weather. And it wasn't the first demo here, we've had dozens since last year. Weekly in the beginning, twice a week after the working had started. None of them went violent.
The normal way it goes if you stand in the way of the police on such occasions is this: You get warned three times, and you get time to walk away during and after the warnings. If you don't, you get carried away by the police, get a fine (usually 80 €) and that's it.
This time (according to eye-witnesses and footage available on the internet): no warnings, whoever was in the way of police putting fences down in the park was watered, peppered and/or beaten.
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Stuttgart, Germany, September 30th 2010 ponder stibbons - 01/10/2010 03:32:58 PM 1521 Views
That is shocking. *NM* snoopcester - 01/10/2010 04:23:29 PM 621 Views
Yeah really sad that it had to come this far *NM* ironclad - 01/10/2010 04:43:07 PM 585 Views
That's horrible. Rebekah - 01/10/2010 04:57:39 PM 1122 Views
There's an even better one ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 01:13:29 AM 1291 Views
the parents should be ashamed for bringing their kids there random thoughts - 01/10/2010 06:11:04 PM 1230 Views
er... I thought you missed some vital points (or I forgot to mention them) ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 12:53:20 AM 1348 Views
know I just noticed point in your article you over looked random thoughts - 02/10/2010 04:27:47 AM 1263 Views
Yeah, I'm gonna have to kind of agree with you. (beat.) - 02/10/2010 07:34:12 AM 1131 Views
the article was wrong on both points ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 10:16:46 AM 1136 Views
That's irrelevant. (beat.) - 02/10/2010 10:59:35 AM 1078 Views
Re: That's irrelevant. ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 11:43:43 AM 1849 Views
Youths can organise themselves; we're talking about children. (beat.) - 02/10/2010 01:11:01 PM 1146 Views
Re: Youths can organise themselves; we're talking about children. ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 02:40:46 PM 1910 Views
No, I, uh, I think we're still not talking about the same thing. (beat.) - 02/10/2010 04:04:36 PM 1175 Views
I think I got that one about the police ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 04:25:59 PM 1931 Views
I went to lots of demonstrations when I was a kid Camilla - 02/10/2010 10:23:04 AM 1148 Views
. . . as a child? *NM* (beat.) - 02/10/2010 10:46:52 AM 562 Views
I think I was 12 on my first one. Camilla - 02/10/2010 10:49:33 AM 1227 Views
You're gonna have to share this story. (beat.) - 02/10/2010 11:00:58 AM 1113 Views
I was a political kid! Camilla - 02/10/2010 11:03:36 AM 1130 Views
Well, your freaky childhood behaviour aside. . . (beat.) - 02/10/2010 11:08:36 AM 1086 Views
Re: Well, your freaky childhood behaviour aside. . . Camilla - 02/10/2010 11:10:21 AM 1182 Views
Yeah, I guess it really depends on how they ended up there. . . *NM* (beat.) - 02/10/2010 11:14:10 AM 549 Views
Or they didn't have good reason to expect voilence. Which would seem more likely here. *NM* snoopcester - 02/10/2010 01:14:41 AM 572 Views
It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence. random thoughts - 02/10/2010 04:38:52 AM 1171 Views
Re: It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence. ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 10:26:40 AM 1906 Views
I read this about it snoopcester - 02/10/2010 01:18:16 AM 1109 Views
it is really hard to tell the difference ponder stibbons - 02/10/2010 01:30:24 AM 1299 Views
Even then it is? snoopcester - 02/10/2010 01:39:52 AM 1180 Views
That really is quite shocking. *NM* Camilla - 02/10/2010 10:25:22 AM 605 Views
"Some reports indicate that stones were thrown at police from the crowd of protesters. " Joel - 03/10/2010 03:38:19 PM 1149 Views
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