comment a social media john has since apologized to occupy london saying it was all a big mistake george barda one of the movement's activists is not convinced. just you know sort of a blip a mistake out of the blue and probably wouldn't mean very much at all but the problem is this is part of a massive rear guard action i think by the establishment you know anyone can go online and see the evidence of this themselves chris hedges is a pulitzer prize winning journalist it's been one of those exposing most of the details of this but effectively what's happened is it in the name of dealing with fake news and many progressive websites that have been a major part of you know bernie sanders jeremy corbyn etc. they used they found the traffic going down. websites like alter net truthdig that you know mainstream progressive websites are seeing that traffic go down by seventy percent literally and these algorithms devised in private nobody can inspect and have a huge impact on what information the world gets to see about what's going on and that's a hugely significant here going forward the relevant t

former british police inspector peter kirk and social justice campaigner george barda debated the controversial incident. clearly to many people like myself it seems that there must have been a better way of dealing with that situation than bashing that go in the head in bashing our head into a metal shutter to grown place officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to them i'll tell you what you say tell us i just tell us if that's why this is this is wise and tell us your the police officer you tell me the only alternatives available to the officer that i could see were allowed to keep a name and snatching his taser and radio which wouldn't have ended well or take it to the ground and you've been moaning about heavy police officers on a four year old girl on the ground and if the officer's use of force isn't right then he would be prosecuted or disciplined for it that act of bashing that would bashing that girl in the head and i do think it makes a difference that she was a forty year ago if she was a you know six foot called man i think would be a different situation i

comment for social media giant has since apologized to occupy london saying it was all a mistake george barda one of the movement's activists isn't convinced. just you know sort of a blip a mistake out of the blue and probably would mean very much so but the problem is this is part of a massive rear guard action i think by the establishment you know anyone can go online and see the evidence this themselves chris hedges is a pulitzer prize winning journalist it's been one of those exposing most of the details of this but effectively what's happened is that in the name of dealing with fake news a many progressive websites that have been a major part of you know bernie sanders jeremy corbin etc. they used they found the traffic going down. websites like alter net truthdig you know mainstream progressive websites using that traffic tie down by seventy percent literally and these algorithms devised in private nobody can inspect and have a huge impact on more information the world gets to see about what's going on and that's a hugely significant here going forward the relevant thing today in terms

since apologized to occupy london saying it was all a mistake but one of the movement's activists george barda isn't convinced. just you know sort of a blip in the state of the blue it probably wouldn't mean very much at all but the problem is this is part of a massive rear guard action i think by the establishment you know anyone can go online and see the evidence this themselves chris hedges is a it's a prize winning journalist it's been one of those exposing most of the details of this but effectively what's happening in the name of dealing with fake news many progressive websites that have been a major part of you know bernie sanders jeremy corbyn etc. they used they found the traffic going down. websites like alter net truthdig you know mainstream progressive websites using that traffic go down by seventy percent literally and these algorithms devised in private nobody can inspect and have a huge impact on what information the world gets to see about what's going on and that's a hugely significant issue going forward the relevant thing today in terms of discussion is still a very powerful

former british police inspector peter kirk and social justice campaigner george barda went head to head over the incident clearly to many people like myself it seems that there must have been a better way of dealing with that situation than bashing that go in the head in bashing the head into a metal shutter to grown place officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to them i'll tell you what you say tell us i just tell us that's why this is this is wise and tell us your the police officer you tell me the only alternatives available to the officer the i could say were allowed to keep a name and snatching his taser and radio was very well taken to the ground and you've been moaning about police officers on the four year old go on the ground and if the officers use of force isn't right then he would be prosecuted all disciplined for it that act of bashing that was bashing that guy in the head and i do think it makes a difference that it was a forty year ago if he was a you know six foot called man i think would be a different situation in terms of your place where i

since apologized to occupy london saying it was all a mistake but one of the movement's activist george barda isn't convinced. just you know sort of a blip a mistake of the blue it probably wouldn't mean very much at all but the problem is this is part of a massive rear guard action i think by the establishment you know anyone can go online and see the evidence this themselves chris hedges is a pulitzer prize winning journalist it's been one of those exposing most of the details of this but effectively what's happening in the name of dealing with fake news many progressive websites that have been a major part of you know bernie sanders jeremy corbyn etc. they used they found the traffic going down. websites like alter net truthdig that you know mainstream progressive websites are saying that traffic go down by seventy percent literally and these algorithms devised in private nobody can inspect and have a huge impact on what information the world gets to see about what's going on and that's a hugely significant issue going forward the relevant thing today in terms of the discussion is still a

former british police inspector peter cook and social justice campaigner george barda debated the controversial incident. clearly to many people like myself it seems that there must have been a better way of dealing with that situation than bashing that go in the head in bashing the head into a metal shutter to grown place officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to them i'll tell you what you say tell us i just tell us if that's why this is this is wise and tell us your the police officer you tell me the only alternatives available to the officer that i could see were allowed to keep a name and snatching his taser and radio which wasn't very well taken to the ground and then you've been moaning about heavy police officers on a four year old girl on the ground and if the officer's use of force isn't right then he would be prosecuted or disciplined for it that act of bashing that would bashing that girl in the head and i do think it makes a difference that she was a forty year ago if she was a you know six foot called man i think would be a different situation in the ti

former british police inspector peter kirk and social justice campaigner george barda debated the incident. clearly to many people like myself it seems that there must have been a better way of dealing with that situation than bashing that go in the head in bashing a head into a metal shutter to grown place officers can find a way of restraining a fourteen year old go back to them i'll tell you what you say tell us i just tell us if that's why this is this is wise and tell us your the police officer you tell me the only alternatives available to the officer that i could see were allowed to keep a name and snatching his taser and radio which wasn't very well take it to the ground and you've been moaning about every place officer on the floor you all go on their own and if the officers use of force isn't right then he would be prosecuted all disciplined for it that act of bashing that was bashing that girl in the head and i do think it makes a difference that she was a forty year ago if she was a you know six foot called man i think would be a different situation in terms of your place again

to peter kirk him who spent more than twenty years serving in london's metropolitan police and george bardafrom the occupy london equality and social justice movement peter if we could go ahead and start with you what was your assessment of how the officer handled the situation. it certainly looks like a use of force that's within the. within the range that you might expect in that sort of situation the chief constable said in a statement those of us that are on the sidelines and don't have the full facts we can't make a full judgment it will depend an awful lot on exactly what happened and exactly what the officer describes doing and why but it certainly appeared to be a reasonable use of force to me on the face of what we can see in the video and george what was your first reaction upon seeing the video. i mean first reaction was shock and dismay and you know of course the focus on text but what was going out to the public is a picture of a fourteen year old girl and it's been described in the media as a slap with the open hand if you watch the video he literally he punched effectively pu

since apologized to occupy london saying it was all a mistake but one of the movement's activist george barda isn't convince. we just. sort of a blip a mistake of the blue it probably wouldn't mean very much at all but the problem is this is part of a massive rear guard action i think by the establishment you know anyone can go online and see the evidence this themselves chris hedges is a pulitzer prize winning journalist it's been one of those exposing most of the details of this but effectively what's happening in the name of dealing with fake news and many progressive websites that have been a major part of you know bernie sanders jeremy corbyn etc. they use they found the traffic going down. websites like alter net truthdig you know mainstream progressive websites have seen the traffic go down by seventy percent literally and these are algorithms devised in private nobody can inspect and have a huge impact on what information the world gets to see about what's going on and that's a hugely significant issue going forward the relevant thing today in terms of discussion is still a very power