South Korean Riot Police (Compilation)

[drakegoodman]

19 MB WMV file The Video (http://dolby.dyndns.org/upfoo/mov/1111677575718.wmv).

From this site http://strike.or.kr/.

[DieselPower]

These animals should come and face my 12 guage. One by one.

[camerashy]

Those riot police have brutal tactics. Nothing those rioters did warranted that type of retaliation.

[Apathy]

Those riot police have brutal tactics. Nothing those rioters did warranted that type of retaliation.
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You really don't know much about Korean riots/protests. Many of them become violent very quickly.

Here's some pics of South Korean demonstrators.

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[camerashy]

You really don't know much about Korean riots/protests. Many of them become violent very quickly.


Look, I know enough that a protester not doing anything while sitting on the ground doesn't deserve to have his head stomped in. Those pictures you posted have no bearing on this discussion since they weren't on the video.

[Mr.K]

Damn you Kim Jong Ill !!! Oh wait, this is Southern Korea.

[xoNxCx]

Those riot police have brutal tactics. Nothing those rioters did warranted that type of retaliation.

You have got to be kidding me. You only saw the biased, edited version of the protests.
If you were to be in one of the protests from the beginning till the end, you'll know who REALLY started the violence.

[Arbeitsdienst]

Thats how it supposed to be

dont allow demostrations

here they give protestors a cup of thee and then ask nicely if they will go

so not they call 14 patrol cars for 1 guy

[drakegoodman]

Having been on in one or two 'riots' (nothing on the scale witnessed on the video) I can only say that things get said and done on both sides that the individual normally wouldn't do and in all probability regrets after the pandemonium subsides.

However...

If we as police, employed the tactics used by the Korean Police / Military here in Australia, we would have a queue of civil litigants a mile long wanting to sue us as inividuals plus the Department. The latter isn't going to help your chances of promotion either. We would then have to run the gauntlet of criminal charges (serious assaults etc) being levelled at us by our Ethical Standards Unit (Internal Investigations etc).

The member (officer) must use force not disproportionate to the objective. In a world where nearly everyone carries a phone camera, you cannot afford to mete out summary justice carte blanche.

Rule number 1 for Police Officers these days - put the house in your wife's name.

[DieselPower]

Exactly. What animals these police are to be treating and abusing people like that. I am sure the protests didnt start with the farmers bringing sticks and weapons did it? Looks like these young egotistical police just want to unleash some anger. They should die. All of them.

[DieselPower]

And whats the go woth destroying/damaging the farmer's trucks?

[Kekkonen]

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/476/ouch6wk.jpg

I wonder if this guy survived.

[Apathy]

Exactly. What animals these police are to be treating and abusing people like that. I am sure the protests didnt start with the farmers bringing sticks and weapons did it? Looks like these young egotistical police just want to unleash some anger. They should die. All of them.

Oh...yes and of course the protesters would never hit the police. Let me ask you something. Have you been watching the Korean news since you were six? I have and I can tell you that the protesters have done far worse than what the police have ever done. So I suggest you shut your mouth and think before jumping to conclusions.

[Apathy]

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/476/ouch6wk.jpg

I wonder if this guy survived.

Mostly likely no.

[DieselPower]

Oh...yes and of course the protesters would never hit the police. Let me ask you something. Have you been watching the Korean news since you were six? I have and I can tell you that the protesters have done far worse than what the police have ever done. So I suggest you shut your mouth and think before jumping to conclusions.

Well not everyone knows everything like you do asshole. People who watch this WILL get the biased view. Stupid American.

[Apathy]

Well not everyone knows everything like you do asshole. People who watch this WILL get the biased view. Stupid American.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh..thanks I needed the laugh.

[DieselPower]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh..thanks I needed the laugh.

'And here, we see the wild apathy, in its natural habitat. As you can see, the wild apathy reduces intelligent conversations to mere noises, and pointless sections of sentences.....'

[Apathy]

'And here, we see the wild apathy, in its natural habitat. As you can see, the wild apathy reduces intelligent conversations to mere noises, and pointless sections of sentences.....'

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[xoNxCx]

Oh...yes and of course the protesters would never hit the police. Let me ask you something. Have you been watching the Korean news since you were six? I have and I can tell you that the protesters have done far worse than what the police have ever done. So I suggest you shut your mouth and think before jumping to conclusions.

Those damn fights always start with small skirmishes started by both sides. One can't really blame just the police or the rioters. From what I've heard from my father and my mother (both participated in violent riots in the '80s), someone stupid always throws a rock or hits someone.

It's an unending cycle *rolls eyes*

[taekwonno]

Well, then I guess police should never ever be deployed to stop riots from getting out of control anywhere in the world, because those people will never ever do anything to endanger the peace.

*also rolls eyes

[DieselPower]

Well, then I guess police should never ever be deployed to stop riots from getting out of control anywhere in the world, because those people will never ever do anything to endanger the peace.

*also rolls eyes

damn straight!

[goldman]

There was a thread about South Korean Riot Police few months ago. The member who posted said they are very poorly paid. And no the protester did not survive.

[Kekkonen]

And no the protester did not survive.

And was it said in that thread what happened to the police officer murdering him?

[Apathy]

There was a thread about South Korean Riot Police few months ago. The member who posted said they are very poorly paid. And no the protester did not survive.

I'd also like to point out that many of these policemen are conscripts. See in Korea, you have to serve 3 years in the military/riot police. There is no way to avoid this.

[predator02]

well...i am korean....and i know that you can't compare korean riots to most other riots in other places of the world... korean rioters are well organised and in most cases they are not better than the policemen...i am not saying, that it is a good thing, that the policemen are beating up somebody that is standing there alone....but i am sure, that korean rioters would do the same thing with a policeman, if he would stand alone.

[ironcross6]

most of those riot police a 2 year conscripts doing national service. also most of those protests are labor disputes where the protestors are trying to break into and damage company or government property. they dont like being told you cant do that. thus they get what is coming to them.

but yeah if you want to pick out a few instances to show how brutal they are i guess you could do that to further a opinion....

[YMan]

I'm also Korean, and I have to say its not that much of big deal, some Koreans are actually proud of the rioting tradition in Korea. Everyone practically knows that these protests were meant to be violent, and some of those protestors are actually kids who go from one protest after another and start fights with police.

Korean modern day riots grew out of Sok Chon tradition. Sok Chon was a state sanctioned event by Choson (Korea's government before it was annexed), and they had two groups of people who battle each other out with rocks, even little children participate in the event to kill other kids.

In a typical Korean riot, it starts off as a peaceful protest with professional singers singing, then everyone who don't want to participate in the riot leaves, and then the rioters attack the police. So the riots are all planned and organized ahead of time, and they are careful not to damage vehicles that don't belong to the rioters.

Sure human rights groups and the media in korea complain, but after all that is said and done. No one really cares enough to change Korean riot police tactics, the only time that people truly cared was when our government was under military control and the military starting killing protestors with guns. And thats when the citizens group starting stealing guns and hijacking military vehicles, but thats another story.

[eggroll]

Alas Cultural Relativism at its best

having been caught in a couple of these, I can vouch for that fac that these riots have a "Flash mob" tendency, and before you get a chance, can flare up and you can easily get caught up in the 'fun and excitement' of rubber & rattan canes

If you do not have a dog in this fight, you OUGHT to butt out.

[YMan]

Korean riots are not usually spontaneous. Most of the time they are planned, ringleaders even call the police to bring in the riot cops before it starts. Its pretty much general knowledge in Korea.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200512/200512210029.html




But as Kang points out, protesters armed with steel pipes and wooden clubs, street occupation in the night and attempts to overturn police vehicles are common sights when our farmers and workers demonstrate. Because of these violent protests, 803 Korean police officers were injured in 10,310 demonstrations during the first 11 months of the year. To citizens in Hong Kong, where a demonstration of hundreds and thousands of people rarely even sees any shoving, Korean-style protests were truly a shock. The problem lies in the fact that our farmers and laborers, while addressing in their demonstrations global issues like the opening of rice markets and developed labor systems, have yet to overcome a very local style of demonstrating that relies heavily on pipes and sticks. No sensible protestors would choose such methods. In that respect, Rep. Kang's awakening must serve as a welcome impulse for our farmers and workers to nurture a protest culture that meets global standards of behavior and is therefore both lawful and effective.



http://eportal.guhsd.net/ays782/website/Period%20One/Addy%20p.1/cultural.html


Cultural customs and traditions have influenced some of these riots. These riots are very much like a tradition of Sok Chon. In this game, two teams made of families that suffered some wrong from the other family go into a controlled battle. Police stand by to keep bystanders out of the action. The teams throw rocks at each other and usually get pretty bruised up



This is blog belongs to a foreigner in Korea:

http://gopkorea.blogs.com/flyingyangban/2003/11/i_fought_the_la.html
He pretty much accurately sums up how it goes.

[drakegoodman]

Insightful post. Thanks Yman!

[predator02]

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rioters on both sides

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policeman (almost) down

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i want that helmet!

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molotov firebomb