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 | | From: | Ludwig Feuerbach | | Subject: | TALLY HOOLIGANS Sep 16 2004 | | Date: | Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:14:01 +0000 |
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 | This was just so good I had to read it again. Watch out for the
classic quote
" He said: "There was a surge from the crowd behind against the
barriers. The police could have moved back slightly to ease the
pressure but instead they attacked us."
ROTFLMAO
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=14646528&method=full&siteid=50143
Police hit as hunt yobs hurl fireworks in riot
By Don Mackay And Nathan Yates
A POLICEMAN told last night how thugs lobbed fireworks into the faces
of officers as yesterday's pro-hunt demonstration turned into a riot.
Trouble flared as dozens of protesters tried to break through a cordon
outside the Houses of Parliament while MPs voted for the long-awaited
ban on fox hunting.
Police baton-charged the crowd, leaving some demonstrators dazed and
bleeding and leading to accusations of heavy-handedness and brutality.
But one officer said: "They were tying fireworks together, lighting
them and hurling them in our faces."
And Scotland Yard told how police were also hit with a barrage of
other missiles including bottles, placards and crowd control barriers.
But bloodied protester Lord Charles Trevor of Chirk, Wrexham - who
claimed he lost two teeth in the melee - accused over-zealous officers
of sparking the violence which led to 11 arrests.
He said: "There was a surge from the crowd behind against the
barriers. The police could have moved back slightly to ease the
pressure but instead they attacked us."
And hunt supporter Andrew Vernon claimed he was set upon by officers
as he tried to help a stricken friend. The 25-year-old, from Ayrshire,
said: "Police starting smashing me on the head."
Professional Durham hunstman Simon Kenney said he was set upon by one
officer. He added: "I was trying to make my point to a policeman, then
he just hit me with his baton."
But Tory MP Peter Bottomley criticised the protesters and said the
police action could have saved lives.
He added: "Officers were fully justified in making sure the crushing
stopped. I believe they saved many serious casualties, if not
fatalities." The riot started as more than 10,000 Countryside Alliance
supporters paraded through London to demonstrate against the ban on
fox hunting.
Empty gunshot cartridges were found on the floor sparking fears guns
had been fired.
During the clashes a pall of orange firework smoke rose into the sky.
A 19-year-old gamekeeper was stretchered away unconscious. The rally
announcer begged for calm and declared: "You are doing our cause harm.
We have no problem with the police." But his pleas went unheard
beneath the whistles and cheers of the crowd who chanted "Tony Blair
is a w*****".
Riot officers moved in to reinforce their uniform colleagues and block
in the violent section.
Later, the crowd began to disperse but violence flared again after the
vote in favour of a ban was announced on a big screen.
Scotland Yard said 16 members of the public were hurt and one police
officer received head injuries in the riot. None were thought to be
serious. Countryside Alliance chief Simon Hart said they "regretted"
the confrontation with police.
But he added: "There is a very great wrong being done to us. We are
not going to lose this." And he vowed to fight the ban in the courts.
Pro-hunt politicians and celebrities had earlier addressed the crowd.
Labour supporting actor Jeremy Irons warned Tony Blair would lose
votes over the ban. He told protesters: "I'm ashamed of this
legislation."
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and TV cook Clarissa Dickson Wright also
spoke at the rally.
Police were last night probing if hunt supporters were behind a bid to
cut down a 130,000-volt pylon near Carlisle, Cumbria, after a warning
to Tony Blair using words from a hunting song was found nearby.
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