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I cannot account for what's happening in Ukraine but last time a video like this one released in Istanbul during protests, it was undercover police throwing mol
by mathetic 13y ago
I cannot account for what's happening in Ukraine but last time a video like this one released in Istanbul during protests, it was undercover police throwing molotov cocktails to armoured police vehicles. It was the only video shown by all the news agencies [0].
It is quite funny that a community of skeptics being pedantic on silliest social networking apps takes what they see in a video for granted and makes harsh judgements about people.
EDIT after citation request:
So this is the famous video. The masks they are wearing are identified to be standard police issue. They are also holding radio transmitters similar to used by police but that would not prove anything.
However, this is the only instance where the police have not heavily "interfered" to the event. The pressure they use on these guys is one tenth of what they use against unarmed civilians. There are quite few videos showing how they shoot people with water canon and literally threw them away. These plus the fact that this is literally the only video shown by all news agencies clearly indicate that the whole thing is staged.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxuOmnQpu8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxuOmnQpu8E
- Demiurge 13y agoThis is a video of something NO ONE is disputing. People just say "revolution" and "saying NO to tyranny", but what do you think that means in practice? What ELSE could there be on the video? It's people making molotov cocktails, stones, and throwing them at police. That's how it looks like, regardless if it was staged or not, which, to me, it seems obvious it's not. The crowds shown are huge, and the acting would be Oscar winning.
- sivetic 13y agoExact same thing happened during protests in Canada. Government-hired people were caught trying to incite violence several times.
- afsina 13y ago`undercover police throwing molotov cocktails` -> citation needed.
- cdash 13y agohttp://www.ibtimes.co.uk/riot-police-throw-petrol-bombs-during-violent-protests-ukraine-1433371 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/riot-police-throw-petrol-bombs-duri...
- sp332 13y agoYou didn't answer the question - mathetic was asking about the Istanbul protest. (And the police in your photo aren't undercover.)
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- swamp40 13y agoHere you go: http://www.policymic.com/articles/79771/this-photo-is-going-viral-and-shows-how-bad-things-really-are-in-ukraine http://www.policymic.com/articles/79771/this-photo-is-going-...