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Originally Posted by Hugh
The van had been vandalised for a couple of hours - I don't think they thought "must avoid the sticker", do you?
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That sticker is not "riot" damaged. Those marks have accumulated over a number of moths, perhaps years.
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Originally Posted by Derek
As already quoted by Hugh but I'll repeat it for a giggle.
There was also valid tax on the vehicle, they are hardly likely to find an old van, fill it with gear, tax it and then forget about the whacking great sticker on the front.
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I could not see an RFL on the van nor could could I see wthere it wasn't there either, the footage shown in that link is inconclusive as far as number plates are concerend. But I have not seen that livery on a Met vehicle for many years.
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Originally Posted by Derek
From this video about 55 seconds in there are people beside the van with riot helmets (including valid MP markings) and riot shields. So either they brought them along with them or they nicked them from the van.
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Originally Posted by Osem
Yeah but, given previous events, what possible use could the police have for a van packed full of riot gear during a major protest in the centre of London? Surely an entirely empty old van put there simply to antagonise all those decent, law abiding protestors into becoming an unruly mob would be of far more use....   |
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One helmet and two shields do not constitute it being "
packed full of riot gear," does it. It could be argued that it was left there as "debris."