Interesting viewpoint on the "Student" riots from a Copper.

Interesting angle from the police,i pulled this off a police forum.It's hardly defining or to be taken as gospel but gives an intersting viewpoint.Sure it's a bit "man lands on moon" but makes you wonder how many genuine students were really at the demos.


I was working at last nights fun and games. Just to give you a first hand account, a large part of the trouble makers are anarchists and gangs of local London yobbos. Anarchists from all over Europe travelled to London to riot yesterday. Inside Parliament Square itself during the, err 'containment', gangs of 'yoofs' from north & south London roamed attacking and robbing genuine student protestors and also attacking photographers & news crews. Those genuine student protestors who unfortunately stayed until the vote was announced ended up being trapped in the same space as all the other assembled thugs & hooligans. Some of the poor buggers were absolutely terrified and not allowed to leave. These protests, and I've been at all of them, have been far from black & white in those attending and what has gone on. Unfortunately for the students, it all gets reported under the heading of students, and that is what the general populace reading and watching will associate it with.[/i]