bhaexpress
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No, the most violent the police got was hitting Alfie Meadows over the head with a batton, which resulted in a life threatening injury which needed brain surgery. Alfie Meadows was attacked, unprovoked. When he got the the hospital, the police tried to send him to a different hospital as they did not want him being treated in the same hospital as police. This could have cost Alfie his life, but thankfully the ambulance man who took him to the hospital refused this.
There were some people there intent on violence (small minority), which explains the pool balls. The vast majority of students protesting were peaceful. The same cannot be said for the police.
Here's the dilemma for the Police, do they wait until they are attacked or should they be pro active ? How are the Police supposed to be able to tell who's peaceful and who isn't ? Anyway at the end of the day it's all a waste of time and money as there's no way the government to back down. No matter what the students can do they are unlike a trade union when a strike can stop the country. Who cares if they want to march ? Who cares if they want to sit in their universities ? Believe me the NUS is sadly mistaken if they believe that the majority supports them, it doesn't and it will not be improved if the students try to inconvenience the general public. They can rant all they like but it won't do anything.