Anarchy in the UK: More than 200 people arrested after London Riot

Killer Pigeon

202 arrests, 38 injured, in London march

202 people have been arrested and 35 people have been injured including five police officers have been injured as thousands protest in central London over spending cuts by the British government.

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Around 4,500 police were deployed onto the streets of the city for what had been the biggest demonstration in years with union sources saying that up to 500,000 people had taken to the streets.

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Widespread disruption in London

A couple of hundred activists, some with their faces covered, used paint and bottles to attack shops, banks and the Ritz Hotel in London's West End.

They had taunted and scuffled with the the police and violent incidents are continuing

Fireworks and flares were set off and a handful of activists.

Scotland Yard said light bulbs filled with ammonia were thrown at officers.

Commander Broadhurst with Scotland Yard said that the demonstrators, dressed head-to-toe in black and covered their faces, were in small groups and 'quite mobile.'

He added that video evidence would be used in an attempt to make arrests in the coming days.

Paint, fireworks and flares were thrown at buildings, while the outnumbered police were attacked with large pieces of wood.
Scotland Yard said lightbulbs filled with ammonia were also thrown at their officers.

The police often had to step aside as the activists continued their destruction.

Four officers were treated for minor injuries and one was taken to hospital with a groin injury.

The Ritz, a Porsche showroom and a Lloyds TSB branch also suffered damage which continued into the night.

A spokesman for civil liberties group Liberty said that 'the demonstration appeared to have been infiltrated by violent elements who periodically separated from the main route in order to attack high profile commercial properties and the police before melting into the demonstration once more.

He continued, this minority presented significant challenges for the police and trade union stewards alike and at times jeopardised both the safety and ability to protest of those with peaceful intent.'

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0326/london.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf-YPvIeH4A

Daegerty

and thanks to their extensive mass surveillance system randomers who happened to be in the area will be 'randomly' stopped by the police and harassed months from now

if I was living there i'd be out rioting too. ****ing camera infested kip

paddylonglegs

ooo, fight club. Tyler Durden was in the middle of it all

Kiera

Daegerty wrote: »

and thanks to their extensive mass surveillance system randomers who happened to be in the area will be 'randomly' stopped by the police and harassed months from now

if I was living there i'd be out rioting too. ****ing camera infested kip

If you were rioting with them then you also would be a total scumbag like those people. The mess they made of London. Hope they all get caught and delt with. Knackers the lot of them!

ceadaoin.

Kiera wrote: »

If you were rioting with them then you also would be a total scumbag like those people. The mess they made of London. Hope they all get caught and delt with. Knackers the lot of them!

Yeah, these sort of people just look for any excuse.

There were over 250,000 people at the protest and only about 500 of them were involved in this so the vast majority of people excercised their right to protest peacefully. Unfortunately, as always this sort of stuff generates headlines and is what will be remembered after.

It seems the police handled this better than the student riots a few months back anyway.

Kiera

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Yeah, these sort of people just look for any excuse.

There were over 250,000 people at the protest and only about 500 of them were involved in this so the vast majority of people excercised their right to protest peacefully. Unfortunately, as always this sort of stuff generates headlines and is what will be remembered after.

It seems the police handled this better than the student riots a few months back anyway.

Yup you could tell that they had nothing to do with the protest. Total scumbags ruining it for all the rest. It is such a pity that the protest will only be remembered because of these dickheads!

ctrl-alt-delete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAusT_Yl1gE

On phone so hope it works!

Mike 1972

ceadaoin. wrote: »

It seems the police handled this better than the student riots a few months back anyway.

The Police would have been quite sympathetic to this protest given as they are likely to be hit by these cuts.

Corsendonk

Mike 1972 wrote: »

The Police would have been quite sympathetic to this protest given as they are likely to be hit by these cuts.

Overtime:D

Mark200

Mike 1972 wrote: »

The Police would have been quite sympathetic to this protest given as they are likely to be hit by these cuts.

There was a difference between the riots and the peaceful protests.

whiteonion

There's a riot in everyone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbECq0FXciA

Latchy

Kiera wrote: »

If you were rioting with them then you also would be a total scumbag like those people. The mess they made of London. Hope they all get caught and delt with. Knackers the lot of them!

A-1. It's everybody right to protest and majority of people there did just that peacefully but the scumbag element just use it as a chance to be destructive on property and bring disruption to people lives and I would love to see the knackers caught and made to pay for it all .

Pauleta

The left wing cockroaches will never be happy peacefully protesting. They need to destroy and resemblance of freedom.