RE: Riots, Raves, Human Rights & Criminal Justice Bills (On the frontline of the UK's Free Festival & Illegal rave culture)
Another great post. I watched that documentary about the "Battle of the Beanfield". I couldn't believe what I was seeing at times. I would say I was surprised but police breaking the law and then covering it up isn't anything new, but the brutality shown to woman and children was shocking.
ITV & the police deleting their own footage of police brutality so it couldn't be used in court, police lying to protect themselves.
I can see why the state wanted to stop the Stonehenge gatherings. They couldn't have hundreds of thousands of people setting an example of how it was possible to live together without laws or the involvement of the state.
Month long festivals with communities and infrastructure being built by the people with no violence and people working together !!!!
That sort of thing simply cannot be tolerated.
Great post, opened my eyes to a lot of things and made me jealous I wasn't born earlier (I was born in 78).
What great times you got to experience !!!
Hey @jimbobbill thanks for taking the time to support and leave a comment, I really appreciate it. It's shocking to witness the fact that this type of brutality happens on British soil. If the video evidence wasn't there most people would never believe what had happened. I wasn't at the beanfield but I was at the criminal justice riots and if you'd watched it on the news you'd never have known the extent of the violence. It was around the time of the miners strike and they employed similar tactics on them.
I feel it's the sense of an alternative community that the government really hated. This could never be allowed to become a viable alternative. These people wanted freedom from the chains of the system and to the authorities the concept of freedom is a dangerous thing. Were they perfect? hell no, but give me a rough diamond over a polished turd any day of the the week! As we move to greater and greater state control over every aspect of our lives you can really see why this lifestyle threatened the long plan for us all.
Thanks again my friend!