Police deployed in Ratchaprasong area amid planned protest, warn against ‘illegal’ assembly after 5pm

[oldhippy]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

Yes I was nearby and seen it on TV.

They were asked to disperse and leave and they disobeyed as such the police moved in.

The police did a great job imo.  These are not students ......  thugs more like it ... just look at the front line screamers.

QUOTE: These are not students ......  thugs more like it ... just look at the front line screamers.

I'll fix this for you.

These are not a government..... thugs more like it....just look at the front line screamers.

[steven100]

7 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

QUOTE: These are not students ......  thugs more like it ... just look at the front line screamers.

I'll fix this for you.

These are not a government..... thugs more like it....just look at the front line screamers.

oldhippy,   surely you agree they were asked to move on and disperse.

surely you agree they disobey a police and government directive.

surely you agree the Police will not just sit and do nothing  

surely you agree these are not students as they are just being used to make numbers and support. 

why do you think the speakers were arrested ?  

[tomazbodner]

Easiest thing to do for this area is to cut their cellular signal and the live broadcast will end...

[oldhippy]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

oldhippy,   surely you agree they were asked to move on and disperse.

surely you agree they disobey a police and government directive.

surely you agree the Police will not just sit and do nothing  

surely you agree these are not students as they are just being used to make numbers and support. 

why do you think the speakers were arrested ?  

Yes I agree completely, on condition that you add "by an illegal coupist military government"

[polpott]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

why do you think the speakers were arrested ?  

The speakers were arrested for expressing their right to free speach. prayut doesn't want the people to hear it.

 

Last night many thousnds gathered, young old from all walks of life. They were chanting in unison, "ai hia toua". Toua is Prayut's nickname. He's done and he knows it. Tonight is his big attempt at supressing the voice of the people. Its not working.

[polpott]

6 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Easiest thing to do for this area is to cut their cellular signal and the live broadcast will end...

It has.

[tomazbodner]

Just now, polpott said:

It has.

I know!

[Orton Rd]

52 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Excellent work by the RTP.  Control and remove the crowd. Violent groups were instructed to leave and disobeyed Khun Prayut's request.

 

The police have done a good job as these thugs were causing violence and mayhem. 

The police restrained from thuggery and did such a good job.

Try doing that protest and violence in Australia or the US and see how authorities respond. 

why do you keep up the fantasy of violent/thugs/mayhem it's just not true. Moving bins and obstruction is not violent, tear gas and water canons are. Why should they obey anything Prayut tells them to do? Maybe you think the two arrested for standing in the road holding up three fingers should get life in prison as well, how dare they.

[DrTuner]

18 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Easiest thing to do for this area is to cut their cellular signal and the live broadcast will end...

It seems the Sun live feed was cut. Have to check for video clips uploaded to twitter after that.

Edited October 16, 2020 by DrTuner

[Orton Rd]

Voice tv is still going

[nausea]

I'm still looking, yeah voice tv.

[chickenslegs]

40 minutes ago, steven100 said:

not funny,  did you see different ?   They were told to leave and disobeyed ....

what did they expect ....  flowers & chocolates  ?   

The police did an excellent job imo. 

I don't know which country you are from Steven.

However, it would be a fair bet that the freedoms and basic human rights you enjoy there were not granted to you by kings, queens, elites or soldiers, but were fought for by people who disobeyed their rules.

Seems to me that the protesters are reasonably restrained in their activities for now. But I  agree with you that the police have also been quite restrained - so far. Those water cannons were definitely not operating on high pressure, but just giving people a soaking.

 

 

[steven100]

1 minute ago, chickenslegs said:

Those water cannons were definitely not operating on high pressure, but just giving people a soaking.

 

yes .... that's exactly my first thought when i see the truck come through.

If that was on full the protestor wouldn't be upright.

[sammieuk1]

Big escalation from Prayut blue dye water cannons he will get a stiff neck checking his back in the weeks ahead mainly from his trusted friends as the runners and riders saddle up. personally I can't wait for the trials to start ????????  

[Orton Rd]

Maybe the water canons are crappy Chinese made and that's the best they can do ????

[herfiehandbag]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Not certain that these youngsters are part of the Border Patrol Police? Can you support your thoughts with any details?

 

The patches don't match. But maybe these are Scout BCPs?

 

That said, the chaps in full riot gear at Ratchaprasong this afternoon do have the BCP patches (war elephant with all the options) clearly visible.

 

I think the color scarves denote the actual police group - there are so many groups. Just a guess. Bright green seem to be Bangkok metropolitan Police. 

 

 

 

Look, you posed a question. I answered it to the best of my knowledge. If you want more information, don't want to accept my answer and are close enough to them to recognise their shoulder patches, then don't ask me for supporting details, go and ask them yourself!

 

They are certainly not the Thai equivalent of OTC. They wear green fatigues and khaki berets.

[onthedarkside]

A lot of photos from earlier on the ThaiRath website:

 

https://www.thairath.co.th/news/politic/1954664

 

 

[baboon]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

Excellent work by the RTP. 

Or 'Fascism on the rampage' to the rest of us.

[poohy]

I suspect P thinks he has won or is winning this battle however i would imagine his days as "Great leader" are now severely numbered !

Edited October 16, 2020 by poohy

[Surelynot]

41 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Maybe the water canons are crappy Chinese made and that's the best they can do ????

Seemed to spend more time soaking the police than the protestors....555

 

Can't now, but used p**s harder than that.

Edited October 16, 2020 by Surelynot

[DrTuner]

I only see a recording that goes black when people started fleeing the watercannons, then black with "LiveU" logo on it.

[Flying Saucage]

2 minutes ago, poohy said:

I suspect P thinks he has won or is winning this battle however i would imagine his days as "Great leader" are now severely numbered !

I agree and suspect the same. And I predict that sadly there will be some more or less severe escalation happening in the coming days. After that, the government will be replaced by a "government of national unity" with a new PM in order to appease the public, but with the aim to protect the fundamental political status quo and to avoid any change of the system.

[onthedarkside]

4 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

I only see a recording that goes black when people started fleeing the watercannons, then black with "LiveU" logo on it.

 

I stand corrected. It looks like the version on the Sun website right now is a 2 hour, 13 minute recording, not live, even though the link is listed that way.

 

 

[Golden Triangle]

khaosod english (Facebook page) has excellent coverage in English, off air now I think but use for future protests, a great reporter & cameraman, he asks questions to Thai people and translates the answers, what the crowd were chanting about Prayut & the man in charge is  nobody's business.

Edited October 16, 2020 by Golden Triangle
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[Donutz]

Absolutely unacceptable and disgraceful behaviour of the police. Attacking unarmed protesters with disproportional force. The authorities are not a fan of democracy. 

[faraday]

Good to see this is in the headlines from The Guardian.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/16/thai-police-fire-water-cannon-as-thousands-protest-in-bangkok

 

 

 

[faraday]

From the BBC website:

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54573349

 

 

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

46 minutes ago, faraday said:

Good to see this is in the headlines from The Guardian.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/16/thai-police-fire-water-cannon-as-thousands-protest-in-bangkok

 

 

 

Good photo. They have done there gest to make there voices heard against an oppressive regime

[ThailandRyan]

More to protest tonight. Probably many different locations will pop up at the last moment. This governments next move will be a curfew I have a feeling. It will not deter them,just like it did not deter Sutheps group in 2014.

Edited October 16, 2020 by ThailandRyan

[Thaiwrath]

10 hours ago, steven100 said:

yes .... that's exactly my first thought when i see the truck come through.

If that was on full the protestor wouldn't be upright.

I think you will find that it was not just water dispersed from the cannons, it also contained an undisclosed stinging chemical !

Not an unsurprising tactic from a man who is used to using underhanded tactics to get what he wants.  

Edited October 17, 2020 by Thaiwrath