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Shocking video of cop kicking handcuffed woman in head

vast minority | 18.10.2011 06:27

A SHOCKING video of a cop brutally kicking a handcuffed female protester in the head has emerged on the internet.

Reports Keep Talking Greece: "A group of Indignados made up of protestors from several European countries arrived in Brussels last week after walking the 1562km from Madrid.

"Wednesday’s incident happened during an otherwise peaceful demonstration in front of the headquarters of the bank Dexia on the Rogierplein in the Sint-Joost-ten-Node area of the city."

The woman, who is Greek, was interviewed by the authorities after the video surfaced and the cop has been suspended.

The point to remember here is that protesting peacefully does not mean police will not physically attack you - in fact, for some of them the reverse is true.

http://vastminority.blogspot.com/2011/10/brutal-cop-kicks-woman-in-head.html

vast minority
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What police do...

18.10.2011 12:20

The only shocking thing I find about this peice is that some people are shocked by this behaviour by the police. As the cuts deepen and councils force them on to us, we will come more into contact with our " nice friendly community police officers" "facilitating" more localised protests against the cuts, we will then discover the range of violence they will be prepared to inflict on the people they pretend to protect. We will discover that in fact it is in intrests of the ruling classes that they are there to protect. We will also hear from the police on the ground, that they may be sympathetc to the protests, they are only doing their job and following orders. Greece ,U.S.A. , Italy, UK. It doesn`t matter what country, the Police are the same globally, our resistance must be global. Courts of law protect these violent thugs of the state because courts are run by the state
Real democracy and natural law!

@nti @uthoritian

Link?

18.10.2011 12:31

Is there a link to the video via youtube or summat? Couldnt see it on the blog.

I really hate anarchists at the moment

18.10.2011 13:15

I knew what the first comment would say before I even opened it.

You know what .. we're such boring ranty losers sometimes ... most of the time.

Why is it no one can be surprised at grim state action without someone coming on here and saying 'I knew that before you'?

I suspect middle class guilt at not having been kicked around enough by cops.

Anarchist

Not a fake - in slow motion!

19.10.2011 06:31

Not a fake - the reason it looks slow is because it's in slow motion! This link shows the real speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YHnc1w7XwTw#!

Correction
Homepage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YHnc1w7XwTw#!

Any follow-up on this?

15.11.2011 16:55

It's almost a month since the incident, and there was supposed to be a trial of the policeman involved, on charges of assault and battery.

Does anybody know whether the court hearing has taken place and/or what the verdict was? I have been looking but cannot find any info on this yet.

Thanks.

The Saint

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