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    Re: The mainstream media lied about the Bristol protests Archived Message

    Posted by Raskolnikov on March 30, 2021, 12:58 pm, in reply to "The mainstream media lied about the Bristol protests"

    Belatedly the fraudian forces itself to publish something about this:

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/30/police-accused-of-using-shields-as-weapons-at-bristol-kill-the-bill-protest

    Protesters and first-aiders have claimed police officers used their shields to injure scores of people during the last “kill the bill” protest in Bristol.

    First-aiders treated at least five people with lacerations to their heads that they claimed were consistent with the edges of rectangular riot shields.

    An off-duty NHS nurse who helped tend to the injured at the protest on Friday said she was shocked and traumatised by what she had witnessed. “I saw the shields in front of me lifted and chopped down on top of protesters heads in peaceful crowd,” she said. “I cannot express how quickly it went from peaceful chants to head injuries. Not just bumps of a shield. I’m talking in excess of 5cm lacerations to the top of the skull – all of the ones I saw were struck from above.”

    Supt Mark Runacres, of Avon and Somerset police, told the local radio station BCfm on Monday that shield strikes may look “unsightly and shocking to some” but were a legitimate and legal tactic to move people away from an area if they were deemed a threat or to keep them safe.

    “I’ve been in policing for over 25 years now and it’s an unfortunate reality that in public order policing the tactics that are used – the shield strikes that you’re referring to – that’s an absolutely legitimate and trained tactic that officers are coached on in their public order training,” he said. “It is approved by the College of Policing and if they can justify that act as a proportionate response then they are entitled to do it.”

    Note the "they claim", "they said" doubting words and then immediately after that they have a pig justifying it and thus confirming that it did happen. ####ing scum. Brave and fearless journalism indeed you cowardly wankers.

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