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I was at one when I was about 14... Purely by accident. It happened just after an open air concert finished. I'm not sure why but the crowd turned on the cops that were there.

The cops retreated to the station and the mob attacked. Lots of violence. Throwing glass bottles and rocks at the station etc. The cops were in real trouble that day. I stayed well back with some friends I was with. We just watched the events unfold in relative safety. I'll never forget seeing two cops get beaten to a pulp. No one in the crowd tried to help them. Eventually the cops inside the station ran out and dragged them back into the station. The were pelted with rocks and bottles but somehow managed to get back in... Then things went quiet for a while until some more cops turned up from the city station in a big bus. They were in full riot gear and the mob didn't stand a chance. They lined up like Roman soldiers and walked into the crowd bashing anyone who was in front of them with their sticks. Sickening site. It was at that point we decided to leave. I would estimate about 300 to 400 rioters were involved and about 8 cops before the other cops turned up.

What I remover the most is seeing what I would have thought were good people behaving like animals. There's no other way to describe it.