Police horse blinded by firework

Beausmate said:
I wonder if they we're expecting things to get that bad? The horses were hardly wearing full riot gear, some didn't even have back boots on, when you normally see them fully booted up and wearing those padded quarter sheets. Do they have chest protection too, or am I thing of US police horses?
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Going by the photo in the link, they're not wearing much protection at all. They use the horses up here in Scotland at the big football matches, and they go out in visors etc. I digress, I recently passed a horse transporter on the motorway. It was police horses, it had the chequered markings along the bottom of the lorry. That amused me for some reason. Panda wagon.
 
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equi said:
Protests always seem to end in violence. I know it's a right but what about the right to be bloody safe. Anyone living in London can't go out when these things are happening.

So many reports of firework abuse let night. It's beyond a joke. Home explosives are banned why on earth are over the counter ones not ;(
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I have no problem with people protesting, but the masked ones are invariably professional trouble makers who turn up specifically to fight with the authorities. A bit like Chelsea fans - they only go for the fights, not the matches. Ironically half of the rebels turn out to be from wealthy backgrounds who haven't ever had to work to achieve anything!

I've never understood why students stage sit-ins and protests within Universities regarding fees - the staff don't set the fees! When I was a student there was a sit-in in the central admin offices and that meant the Library had to close - just 3 weeks before my finals. Great. What was it all about? Some students had thrown gloss paint and eggs over a guest speaker at the Union because they didn't agree with his politics (he was member of the Cabinet I think) and got sent down for it. Cue the protestors nearly ruining it for everyone.
 
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