Mental

The Guardian (the greatest of all the papers) has obtained footage which shows the sole casualty of the G20 protests being batoned and pushed to the floor by police just minutes before his death. This could result in an unholy shitstorm for the Met Police and a Spooks like story line of police brutality for the rest of us. What I don't understand is that this man was walking home from work. Sure he seems in the video as if he is ignoring police instructions but that isnt usually the cause in Britain to baton someone about the legs. He seems as though he is trying to make a point; that he wont be hurried by the Police's desire to get amongst the other protesters, his day wont be altered by the political concerns of others. This incident perhaps serves to starkly show the nature of British life today. By no means were the protesters a victimised community, there have been rumours that a man pictured prominently by most front pages the next day with blood streaming from his face was seen cutting himself with razor blades on the tube, but at the same time it seems that violence was the immediate response to a group of people angry and frustrated by a number of nameless individuals that have wreaked economic turmoil on their lives by spinning the wheel of the stock exchange. The way they organised themselves should have been better and the anarchist umbrella groups they utilised were a mistake. They allowed people that wanted a ruck to dictate their agenda and looked bad and chaotic as a result. But ultimatley these people were those completely disenfranchised by a governmental and economic system that have totally failed them and are asking many of them to pay with their jobs and prosperity. I am sure many people share these feelings and would have protested if the messages beforehand were not the ones of conflict issued by the organising groups. One man wasn't interested in any of it, he only seemingly wanted to get home from work and he was pushed to the floor by armed riot police and died two minutes later.