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More g20 unprovoked violence evidence.

Everbean | 17.04.2009 14:40

This article seen online in SW is interesting. Not least because it shows how the FIT and TSG are married in their bullish attitude towards peaceful protest.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=17683

Is it him?

Also the TSG man doing the hitting. Is that not the same individual who was suspended for clouting the woman at the Thomlinson memorial the next day?

Everbean

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Don't think it's him.

17.04.2009 14:48

Doesn't look tall enough to me.

whappy o'flanagan

i really don't think that it is him; that guy in your photo is of average height; the guy who hit the women was pretty gigantic. also the guy in your photos has blue topped hv jacket, doesn't that mean he was not tsg? i dunno

FIT not TSG

17.04.2009 16:04

The blue topped tabards belong to FIT rather than TSG.

Bourdin

some are both TSG and FIT

17.04.2009 16:21

> The blue topped tabards belong to FIT rather than TSG.

Yes, but sometimes officers from the TSG are part of forward intelligence teams.

He's wearing a TSG helmet, marked with 'U'.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/chimage.php?image=2009/2147/cop3.jpg

fitwatcher

No way

17.04.2009 16:59

there is no way its him!

blue tabards are not all Forward Intelligence Team (FIT)

17.04.2009 18:33

just to clarify, the reason people think every pig in a blue/yellow jacket is a Forward Intelligence Team (FIT) pig is because they used to be the only ones wearing them, a few years ago.

The FIT do not have a separate uniform: they just got issued the flashy new blue/yellow jackets before all the other pigs - a couple of years ago - because for some reason these shits with cameras are viewed as "elite".

So not every pig in a blue/yellow setup is in the FIT; its just a new uniform style being rolled out across the london police gradually.

doc wrong

Those jackets.

17.04.2009 19:32

The blue & yellow jacket IS Forward Intelligence Team uniform. Also used by Football Intelligence. However the FIT is NOT a unit. It is a training course that hundreds of cops do. For this reason loads of different faces are seen in FIT jackets as well as the regulars from the Public Order Division. The cops above are probably TSG assigned to protect the FIT as they usually are on large scale events. The reason for the jackets? Firstly it enables other pigs to immediately recognise them in chaotic situations. Secondly it makes the protesters/football hooligans feel that they are constantly being watched. Their most effective weapon is YOUR paranoia.

Wrong Doc