Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking '
Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:14 pm
Exclusive: See Shocking Footage of British Police Officers Attacking Peaceful Protesters
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Exclusive: See Shocking Footage of British Police Officers Attacking Peaceful Protesters
By Alex Horne
Monday January 18, 2016
Police officers enter at 0:31.
Last Thursday, two protesters were found not guilty of violent disorder and actual bodily harm against police officers, which they were accused of committing during a Cardiff Uncut protest at a bank on the 2nd of May last year. As a result of the acquittal, the CCTV footage of the event can now be released, and it tells a remarkably different story to what was presented as evidence against the two men.
The video shows police charging into the protesters, punching, kneeing, choking and hurling members of the group around the room. One defendant, 26-year-old Josh Longbottom, is held in a chokehold. In the scuffle the second defendant, Pete Simpson, aged 30, approaches his friend Josh before being picked up by the throat and slammed into the ground.
The protest was an occupation of an HSBC branch on Queen Street in Cardiff to draw attention to the bank facilitating tax avoidance for its wealthy clients and, more generally, according to Simpson, "about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, while banks have absolutely no accountability".
Helen Jones, 24, was there that day. She said: "A group broke off from the march and carried out a peaceful occupation of the bank, chanting and waving signs. That was until the police jumped in and acted in a totally disproportionate fashion. We were all left shocked and worried for Josh and Pete's safety."
All of this is in contradiction to how officers described the event, which they said had made them afraid for their lives. The police made unsubstantiated accusations about the two defendants, saying they had sworn and behaved violently towards members of the force. They even went as far as to claim one of the officers sustained an injury to his hand, a claim that was thrown out early in the trial.
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/exclusiv ... etwitteruk
Exclusive: See Shocking Footage of British Police Officers Attacking Peaceful Protesters
By Alex Horne
Monday January 18, 2016
Police officers enter at 0:31.
Last Thursday, two protesters were found not guilty of violent disorder and actual bodily harm against police officers, which they were accused of committing during a Cardiff Uncut protest at a bank on the 2nd of May last year. As a result of the acquittal, the CCTV footage of the event can now be released, and it tells a remarkably different story to what was presented as evidence against the two men.
The video shows police charging into the protesters, punching, kneeing, choking and hurling members of the group around the room. One defendant, 26-year-old Josh Longbottom, is held in a chokehold. In the scuffle the second defendant, Pete Simpson, aged 30, approaches his friend Josh before being picked up by the throat and slammed into the ground.
The protest was an occupation of an HSBC branch on Queen Street in Cardiff to draw attention to the bank facilitating tax avoidance for its wealthy clients and, more generally, according to Simpson, "about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, while banks have absolutely no accountability".
Helen Jones, 24, was there that day. She said: "A group broke off from the march and carried out a peaceful occupation of the bank, chanting and waving signs. That was until the police jumped in and acted in a totally disproportionate fashion. We were all left shocked and worried for Josh and Pete's safety."
All of this is in contradiction to how officers described the event, which they said had made them afraid for their lives. The police made unsubstantiated accusations about the two defendants, saying they had sworn and behaved violently towards members of the force. They even went as far as to claim one of the officers sustained an injury to his hand, a claim that was thrown out early in the trial.
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:44 pm
What has this got to do with Cardiff city I can read this in press and other media
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:49 pm
How many other innocent people (including football supporters) have gone down over the years because of lying toerags like this. If there was any justice those coppers should be done for perjury and chucked out of the force.
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:55 pm
pensionerbluebird wrote:What has this got to do with Cardiff city I can read this in press and other media
Because if its news in cdf its relevant! Get lots different topics on this board OK? :
PS all opinions on all topics welcome on this board!
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:58 pm
pembroke allan wrote:pensionerbluebird wrote:What has this got to do with Cardiff city I can read this in press and other media
Because if its news in cdf its relevant! Get lots different topics on this board OK? :
PS all opinions on all topics welcome on this board!
Cheers Allan and it shows its of interest just look at the viewing figures
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:37 pm
Shocking. I watched the whole 6 plus minutes and saw now brutality. We is this country really have lost our way for what brutality really is. Looked like standard police restraints to me looks heavy handed but neither of them looked injured at the end, that what happens when you resist arrest you can see this played out over and over on all the reality cop shows. If you going to break off from organised main protest and stage you own this can be expected surely??
I'm sure there's a load of here that been in way worse scuffles with the old bill. I for one can say I have.
I'm sure there's a load of here that been in way worse scuffles with the old bill. I for one can say I have.
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:43 pm
I enjoyed it Annis get into them lol ----- wish he shot that Taser gun had he not been dancing around so much would of shot his own colleague
Well over the top - we all been there once upon a time and know sometimes it does get blown out of proportion and normally takes twice as many for me including cs gas and tasers lol 
Well over the top - we all been there once upon a time and know sometimes it does get blown out of proportion and normally takes twice as many for me including cs gas and tasers lol
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:41 pm
mallo wrote:I enjoyed it Annis get into them lol ----- wish he shot that Taser gun had he not been dancing around so much would of shot his own colleague
Well over the top - we all been there once upon a time and know sometimes it does get blown out of proportion and normally takes twice as many for me including cs gas and tasers lol
Last copper that tried to arrest me shot himself in the face with his own cs gas! Shame that wasn't a tazer!
Re: Exclusive Video ' Police Brutality in Cardiff attacking
Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:35 am
nubbsy wrote:mallo wrote:I enjoyed it Annis get into them lol ----- wish he shot that Taser gun had he not been dancing around so much would of shot his own colleague
Well over the top - we all been there once upon a time and know sometimes it does get blown out of proportion and normally takes twice as many for me including cs gas and tasers lol
Last copper that tried to arrest me shot himself in the face with his own cs gas! Shame that wasn't a tazer!