Police Shieldwalls!

Summary:

A modern adaptation of our training

Police Shieldwalls!

Ferny 1256686959|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Check out 2:45 on this video - US riot police showing how intimidating the shield bash. It's the first time I've seen footage of police doing this:

http://www.infowars.com/police-brutality-in-pittsburgh-after-the-g20/

I've never seen them form interlocking shieldwalls either, I think generally their shields are too small and they don't need to because they're generally not actually under attack. Anyone know if this occurs in modern day shieldwalls at all?

Different force, but I know the MET don't pull their blows :(. Maybe I could train them to be pacifist combatants? Dunno how long they'd have held Senlac hill with <s>hippies</s> domestic extremists like us holding it:

1:37 - http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/993

I thought I wouldn't vent on the maillist full of freshers :)

Re: Police Shieldwalls!

Philipppp 1256741363|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I repeatedly wonder how well a modern police shield wall would do against a real round-shield type shield wall with interlocking shields and spears and all. I'm also surprised protesters don't ever form one. Maybe we could invite the Oxford police force to BP sometime, or visit them near the animal lab and challenge them (while making perfectly clear that this is for training only and they should damn well pull their blows or our safety officer (whoever that is) will have to have a word with them).