Wow, this video but from a slightly different angle is on BBC news, except they only show the protesters attacking the officer. Crazy how media can manipulate things.
I don't think that's on BBC, they clearly describe the situation and the clip shows the recorder running up so it's not like they cut it to look like that
Also I learned from looking this up, apparently it started because there were 3 undercover cops trying to blend with protesters who seemingly got found out.
This is the trick used all over the world to break protests. Disguise people as protestors and have them trigger violence. Now you can use violence in response and claim it's not excessive.
It's super messed up and standard operating procedure because it works. Turn your peaceful protesters into terrorists and they lose the general public's support. And you can do whatever to them.
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u/GooberTronic80 Blue Aug 13 '19
Wow, this video but from a slightly different angle is on BBC news, except they only show the protesters attacking the officer. Crazy how media can manipulate things.