Police tell of life during riots: fatigue and hunger under hail of missiles

[Liberal_in_LA]

Police tell of life during riots: fatigue and hunger under hail of missiles

"It's 3.30am. Been on duty now 20.5hrs. Been right in the thick of the rioting. Scary, scary stuff. Took a concrete block to head. Headache now."

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"As we drove we became a target. A group of people wearing hoods and with their faces covered started throwing missiles at the car," De-Haynes told the Guardian. "We stopped because that is what we are supposed to do. But the windscreen smashed and I was covered in glass, it lodged in my eye and I was spitting it out to stop myself swallowing it. It's a shock in any circumstance but when you can hear the thud of other missiles being thrown at the car, hitting the doors and windows, no matter how experienced you are, it is frightening."

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"Trying to restrain a shop owner who is attempting to run into a burning building to attempt to salvage his stock, and indeed his livelihood. Taking off my helmet so I can hear him better, he sobs as he explains to me about his life, and how he has built up his trade and now does not know what to do. I simply do not know what to say to him.

"I do something I find myself doing a lot over the next few hours, telling him I'm sorry and then giving him a manly hug with a pat on the back. Helmet back on and we're off somewhere else."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/11/police-officers-riots-life-frontline

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Concussion

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. yeah. hope he got to a hospital

[seabeyond]

3. those po po rioters, picked on so. damn right they get those that oppressed them. a huge cheer

to a block to the head and glass in the oppressers eye

[enlightenment]

4. I sincerely hope that is sarcasm. nt

[seabeyond]

5. i am so fuckin disgusted having posters lecture me on the right to abuse another human being

because they dont have enough.

it is mob fuckin rule of pathetic human beings causing pain and destruction to others and duers are in there calling the RIOTERS the victim.

[enlightenment]

7. Okay - so it was sarcasm.

Untwist your knickers, seabeyond - I believe we are agreeing with one another. However, given that I hadn't kept up with your previous comments on the matter, it was a bit hard to tell from your post.

[seabeyond]

8. ha...

untwisted... at the time of the post another thread had quite a few defedning the downtrodden thugs, but ya, i got from your post we were probably agreeing. not that this thread of the abused went very far

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Who the hell are these idiot-kids doing this crap? What the f is their problem? nt