abandoning cop vans is not a good idea

Icon_article Star-blue1 Published: November 24, 2010 14:59 by chiggipy

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The police van that was left in the middle of the crowd has now been broken into and the equipment is being re-distributed.

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No doubt true but..

Comment Published: November 24, 2010 17:53 by Mobility

Concentrating on a deliberately "abandoned" cop van gave the police ample time to get their kettle together. Learn from your mistakes and keep moving.

was it staged?

Comment Published: November 24, 2010 19:50 by loppy

Or was the Van staged for such event? Anyway I was there why was the Police Van blocking P square in the frist place? The van came later and there were no problems in T square, the whitehall march was nosy if that.

Vans & protecting them

Comment Published: November 24, 2010 20:28 by Messed up

Answer to why van left there: https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/11/468474.html

And how messed up is schoolkids protecting van? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11829102

Cop Set-Up

Comment Published: November 25, 2010 02:37 by acab

The cops made no attempt to go the van and drive it off. They just watched it get written on and then when it was attacked more vehemently they cleared a section of the people standing a wall so that the FIT could film the people attacking it. I was on the wall and asked to move so 'we can film it', said the cop.