Bristol Riot

[wubstep]

Apparently it's picked up again, no end in sight. It's quite apparent to everyone that the only people still outside are fucking hoodlums, they'll tarnish every protest this country can ever muster.





Passive resistance; Bristol style.



What I was faced with if I wanted to go home.





One of the most intense photos to take, video beneath will put into context.

[abs]

fuck about, i was just in the croft about to watch badness and then they close the club doors and i'm stuck in the doorway on my own while everyones chucking shit everywhere and getting mauled by dogs.. not cool, they closed the club and it was all over, there's been a fucking chopper in the air all night, still there now.

[badger]

Just got back, element of truth in what said so far but not how it started out.

Was always intended to be a celebratory street party for the success of last week (Tesco stays fully boarded up and apparently will not reopen), and that's how it was until about midnight. Limited police monitored until some sort of tipping point, in which it resumed the riot situation seen last week.

Police were as intense and severe in their actions as last week, full horseback charges into crowds etc. One guy was taken as example and kicked, dragged, smashed around on the floor for minutes, only thing that got me riled up. This guy is unquestionably in a bad way. 'Rioters' were as expected, yet not fires and probably not half the amount of bottles of last time.

Pictures to come.

it may have had the intention of being peaceful for the majority but it was always going to end badly. it was painfully obvious that there was a group of people only there to cause trouble and they were never going to go home without causing something. if people wanted to do a peaceful demonstration then why not do it somewhere where it's not fucking about with local businesses? even if the protest was peaceful then it would have either meant businesses closed or had much lower takings as people kept away

really hope this doesn't happen again because it's straight up retarded and is fucking up stokes croft more than tesco could ever hope to do

[drokkr]

http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/articles ... -our-store

[Kochari]

Shit man, I left around 11.30 and it was pretty chilled, tension in the air though. Had no idea this was happening till my brother texted me saying "heard there's riots, hope you don't die"

[badger]

haha i didn't either until i heard loads of noise outside and there was a load of people barricading the road with those plastic barriers outside that building site next to the girls school

next thing i know there's a charge of police clearing them out of the way. one guy fell over a wheelie bin and got smacked in the head by a baton whilst he was on the ground. he was asking for it though really as the only reason he fell over was he was walking backwards mouthing off at the police and didnt see it. then came a load of police vans and a horse charge

went outside for a bit after that but it just annoyed me. saw one person standing around near the police almost get hit in the head with a bottle thrown by some twat, and heard that some people were attacking random houses too. senseless violence basically from people outside the area who couldn't give a fuck about the reasons behind last week

[neka]

[esfandyar]

fuck yes. big ups banksy...

http://www.curatedmag.com/news/2011/05/ ... atedmag-7/

[AntlionUK]

fuck yes. big ups banksy...

http://www.curatedmag.com/news/2011/05/ ... atedmag-7/

I quite like that haha

[nowaysj]

Compositionally, looks like he had a little trouble with the rag fire and smoke. Hehe.

[murky21]

gotta say big up to wubstep for those great shots