George Floyd death

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Mark White, Home Affairs correspondent

"It was just after the thunderstorm started that the crowd started throwing those bottles and other objects at the police," says Mark White.

"There's no let up in the rain, but clearly that's not bothering the protesters who are continuing to stand up to the police line," he adds.

"This was what the Metropolitan Police were very concerned about. They had been trying to mount as low-key a policing operation as possible.

"They know of course that many of these protesters are very distrustful and do not view the police as being a friendly face, so having an overt police presence is difficult for these officers.

"They know that could have the potential for exacerbating the situation, antagonising the crowd, so that's why senior officers decided the low-key approach would be the best approach - but obviously they're not going to stick with that approach if their officers are coming under attack."

Mark White, Home Affairs correspondent

"I would say there are close to four or five hundred protesters in this area of Whitehall at the moment," says Mark White, noting that some are pushing back against the officers.

"Very dangerous scenes here potentially for the protesters and the officers," he adds.

"It had been building for probably the best part of an hour and a half. We noticed a shift in the atmosphere, it took a turn for the worse," he said.

"There was more officers brought in to supplement the officers at the front of Downing Street, but only in the last 20 minutes or so when the officers came under attack did those specially equipped public order trained officers come out."
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Pegasus said:
Guess the world can now see these progressives and fellow leftist nutters for what they are.

Boris should swop them out for the people from Hong Kong. Make both sets of people happy.
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Mark White, Home Affairs correspondent

"There are a small group of protesters now right at the front adopting a pose on their knees which has been seen in the US," says Mark White.

"Now these protests have turned violent, the police are moving in.

"You can see now really a state of turmoil in Whitehall, with police trying to regain control of the situation, pushing protesters down the road and away from the front of Downing Street."

"This is a very volatile and dangerous situation," he adds.
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Going through the reporting the 'protesters' have an odd tactic. They kneel, they turn violent, they kneel, they turn violent, rinse repeat. It makes sympathetic social media moments. The UK police are handling it very well, but not this cop,

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this situation in the UK has evolved well beyond Black Lives Matter. This is now purely anti-system.
 
buka001 said:
If you break a bone in your leg and go into the hospital and the doctors tend to your arm bones, because All Bones Matter.
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Ja. What if you didn't break any bones, and go around looting?
 
Pegasus said:
And the leftist scum cheer and keep throwing stuff.
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Reading through social media this escalation isn't well-received by the UK people. There is no BLM leadership, and it is now turning into a doctrine propelled by anarchy. BLM needs to call these people out, it's their identity which is at stake here.
 
Pegasus said:
They tried to be as nice as possible to the leftist scum. Even knee bending and some singing to them.

Its never enough for the scum.
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Some people need to learn the hard way.
 
rietrot said:
WW1 already thought us how ineffective cavalry is.

Two guys on horseback are good for monitoring the crowd and staying on the outside, but they should never be surrounded be a hostile mob.
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It isn't 'cavalry' it is mounted police. Visible policing and monitoring are exactly what it is, those horses aren't allowed to run into crowds. The protest turned to riot and swamped the police on horseback.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
It isn't 'cavalry' it is mounted police. Visible policing and monitoring are exactly what it is, those horses aren't allowed to run into crowds. The protest turned to riot and swamped the police on horseback.
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Little bit of a joke. But the only real way out of that situation is to charge over a few protesters.
 
Anti-system indeed .... and it's all the immigrants and yobbos. Disgusting behavior by them all and the cowards that justify it are worse.
 
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY
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The EFF said Africa must take a stand and defend Africans.
“Let’s make our contribution in accordance with social distancing rules. South Africans must come out and take a knee where ever they are, 9:00 in the morning, 8 June for 8 mins and 46 seconds,” it said.
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The EFF will lead a demonstration in front of the American Embassy in Pretoria led by the Commander-in-Chief Julius Malema and in front of the U.S Consulate General in Sandton led by Deputy President Floyd Shivambu and in Cape Town led by the National Chairperson Veronica Mente.
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I am waiting on organisations and businesses, and individuals, to be called out which haven't taken the knee on Monday at 09h00.
 
buka001 said:
Disappointed about the Churchill statue. But Churchill was pretty racist, so I can understand the association.
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Yup. After swimming "the mighty Apies", he should have stayed home. Then half of us wouldn't be here, the other half soap.
 
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