Raw Video: Rioters Battle With The Police During Tuition Fee Demonstration In London (Very Violent)

[Turborama]

Run time: 02:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wC8uGOblaA   Posted on YouTube: December 10, 2010 By YouTube Member: Naskeleng Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 10, 2010 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1393

 
The building they are trying to break into towards the end is the Treasury & the windows being smashed at the very end are at the Supreme Court.

This guy's got some footage, too: http://www.youtube.com/user/WillsCallaghan#g/u

OP in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4650873

Photos in GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9736556

[Amonester]

1. Methinks... the rich are gonna get what they deserve... soon...

It's like these f***ers have been 'asking' for it, for a couple of decades already.

They've just crossed the 'let-them-eat-cake' line, IMO.

K&R

[Neoconstipated]

2. This is class warfare ...

... right before our eyes.

[The Wizard]

3. The whole world is watching

Here we go again. Because it's necessary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb22dA5_-w8&feature=related

[Turborama]

6. 20 years ago in London their parents were doing the same thing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRj2K0ulD8Q & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3nYGoppmoA

[1monster]

15. Thank you... Just spent an hour watching the whole program. Everyone should

watch it again.

[Chalfont]

4. Mixed-up Footage?

Are you sure it's not a deleted scene from Children of Men?

[Turborama]

5. I spent 8 hours watching this unfold live on TV

It was like watching an 8 hour movie, though.

[reggie the dog]

7. fuck the police

gotta smash up kids, fuck em

[reggie the dog]

8. a thing of beauty

bashing up the treasury and supreme court, and hitting back... had the pigs not kettled them and beat them last week they may not have thought to bring their own weapons! i am so proud of these young people!

[EnviroBat]

9. So when do we get off of our asses and start doing similar things over here?

I think it's waaay past time. Lets see how this whole "Tax breaks for the rich" thing works out.

[forty6]

11. Here in the USA, tuitions go up each and every year at most universities

and the students just take out bigger loans.

I don't know what it costs to attend "uni" in the UK, but I think it's a small sum, not like $25-50 THOUSAND per year as it often is here in the states.

Maybe someone can give me more info on university costs for students there.

Even though I'm generally not in favor of these kinds of demonstrations, I just want to understand the situation a little better.

[Jeneral2885]

13. You dont factor in the cost of living

and income levels of households in the UK.

[forty6]

14. Which is what? I'd like some details

I happen to know several students in UK Universities.

They come from upper middle income households, and are able to live quite well at "uni"s

They don't have two hundred thousand dollar debts to pay off after as some Americans do.

What is the cost of a year at "uni" in the UK? The cost to students?

I suspect it's nowhere near what it is in the USA.

Just sayin'

[JDPriestly]

12. I don't think this will happen in the US in quite that way.

Middle-class Americans very believe that their misfortune is their own fault. They do not understand macroeconomics.

Ordinary people sense something is wrong, but they do not know about the fraud that has caused this.

I would be just as ignorant as they had I not been in a position to seen documents with my own eyes that showed how the mortgage brokers accomplished the fraud at the very level of mortgage applications and the mortgage awarding process. The borrowers did not have the information or understanding to see what was going on.

Of course, I realize that not all the bad mortgages were due to fraud. There were a lot of vultures on all sides.

Americans buy into the idea that everyone can be rich, and that they can too if they just play the game right. Americans are convinced that they can get something for nothing. The truth is that you can only get something for nothing if you choose your parents well. Make sure they are wealthy and have a lot of social connections.

I must add that this violence is unbelievable. It will not end well. We don't need that violence here. We need to work together, but the violence is unacceptable. Violence just leads to more violence.

And it is very easy for a march or a demonstration to get out of hand. We have to find some other way to get our point across. Find some friends and make an appointment to talk to your member of Congress. That is the way you organize. And if your representative or senator will not talk to you, get a large number of people to sign a petition to get time with him or her. Take your friends with you. Maybe some will have to stand outside. Demand that your Congressman talk to constituents. My Congressman does it frequently. Put pressure on individuals in Congress.

No one pays any attention to demonstrations any more. And violence just causes authorities to feel self-righteous.

Most British people are probably as angry at the demonstrators as they are at the government at this point.

[Crowman1979]

10. I think this is payback after the treatment that protesters received when the G20 occurred in 2009.