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drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:19 am

some really amazing shots

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/0 ... ummit.html

firky · Post by **firky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:39 am

I like this one

Get in ya tnuc ya!

tr0tsky · Post by **tr0tsky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:20 am

faust.dtc · Post by **faust.dtc** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:52 am

Some really great pics here, thanks for the link...really sad to see poor Ian Tomlinson moments before his death...

These ones really made me laugh though...

Dragged by a woman!!! This coppers 'rep' is gonna go down back at the station...

Rusko never did like dogs or coppers...

altered state · Post by **altered state** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:19 am

tr0tsky · Post by **tr0tsky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:28 am

FAUST.DTC wrote: Dragged by a woman!!! This coppers 'rep' is gonna go down back at the station...

See how shit-scared that other copper looks! Hahaha!

missedthebus · Post by **missedthebus** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:46 am

some awesome pics there, nice post.

faust.dtc · Post by **faust.dtc** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:52 am

tr0tsky wrote:
FAUST.DTC wrote: Dragged by a woman!!! This coppers 'rep' is gonna go down back at the station...
See how shit-scared that other copper looks! Hahaha!

Hahahaha...he looks terrified, a one woman army taking on the Met Police...

He has a look of Paul McCartney to him...

magma · Post by **magma** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:05 am

I've got to say, I'm a bit confused as to why a copper would want to/be allowed to cover his face with a scarf when donning riot gear.... smacks of making yourself hard to identify if things kick off:

But then my main reaction is:

Six of one:

Half a dozen of the other:

Oh, and LOL at the 'anarchist' in the New Era cap! Way to give it to the Man!

did · Post by **did** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:46 am

My personal fav, don't even know why.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:47 am

one thing that really struck me was the fear in the cops faces in a few of the pic - the dog one for example, the copper looks like he got dog handling duty for the first time 15 minutes before that picture was taken.

this one shits me right off tho' - illegal use of baton. bastard.
they go though a good bit of training on how to use them effectively and this is definitely not part of the training.
(dubluke top right hand corner?)

tr0tsky · Post by **tr0tsky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:25 am

DID wrote:My personal fav, don't even know why.

Reminds me of this picture:

neka · Post by **neka** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:04 pm

DROKKR wrote:one thing that really struck me was the fear in the cops faces in a few of the pic - the dog one for example, the copper looks like he got dog handling duty for the first time 15 minutes before that picture was taken.

this one shits me right off tho' - illegal use of baton. bastard.
they go though a good bit of training on how to use them effectively and this is definitely not part of the training.
(dubluke top right hand corner?)

Ah I just realised something, I must be just out of this shot cause I was very near to this. The dubluke guy in the corner was some annoying press geek and I vividly remember his ginger hair for some reason. That guy getting baton to the face wasn't violent at all, I've got footage of him shouting at the police about reading books. I remember that there was no way he would kick off but I guess shouting about books got to the police and just hit him or something.

Edit: Just realised thats my camera below dubluke, big ups on my fisheye

faust.dtc · Post by **faust.dtc** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:39 pm

neka wrote:The dubluke guy...

firky · Post by **firky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:09 pm

Magma wrote:
Oh, and LOL at the 'anarchist' in the New Era cap! Way to give it to the Man!

Never got that; that is why fashion is seen as somehow more consumerist and frivilous than music, computers, sport etc. Is it because anarchism and lefties in general are often shot through with a kind of ascetic moralism? I am an advocate of anarchism and am sat here in levis and a billabong hoodie

People confuse anarchism with chaos and dystopia for some reason. I blame the Jews.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:05 pm

FAUST.DTC wrote:
neka wrote:The dubluke guy...

haha i'm way thinner in the face than that guy!! plus i'm like, 10x more cool

this whole thing was really fucked up, just shows how little provocation it takes for the police to get bloodthirsty, and how they adapt a situation to try and get people to kick off so they can crack some heads (penning everyone in and not letting them leave) someone i work with was there on the day had a pretty shitty time, got penned in for about 6 hours, couldn't get any water or food during that time, couldn't go for a slash or anything, apparantly they wouldn't even let this pregnant woman leave

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:08 pm

still to add to what i said before, it works both ways, the police were dickheads, but the people that responded with/instigated violence (which wasn't in self defence) are just as bad IMO

raposanegra · Post by **raposanegra** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:29 pm

HamCrescendo · Post by **HamCrescendo** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:23 pm

Magma wrote:

Does anyone else think that press huddle is far too convenient. They just happen to be all huddled together, cameras pointed as someone chucks a monitor through a window?

One organised photo opportunity.

firky · Post by **firky** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:31 pm

DanRev wrote:
Magma wrote:
Does anyone else think that press huddle is far too convenient. They just happen to be all huddled together, cameras pointed as someone chucks a monitor through a window?

One organised photo opportunity.

Not really no, firstly the press would not risk staging the loting of an RBS bank to make a good photo. Secondly, when you're in a protest or a demo, loads of people take their own camera along and the press follow them. Some of the photos I have, although not as dramatic as that, are a bit like that -- they look staged.

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