Some very revealing footage has come out of the mass police attack on the people in Hyde Park who were having a sing-along. It appears there were some violent provocateurs in the crowd, most likely Antifa types. (Possibly paid police agents, but I think that's less likely.)

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Here's the first video clip. A man wearing a dark red scarf around his face deliberately comes through the lines and shoves a policeman in a provocative way, and then hangs about in front of him in a ready-to-fight pose, swinging his fists, egging him on to attack.

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Who wears a mask at an anti-mask rally? Unlikely to be any of the genuine anti-lockdown people. Dressed very much like an Antifa member with scarf mask, dark sunglasses, black gloves, and a black backpack.

One of the anti-lockdown ladies has to put a stop to his tactics.

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After the police retreated to the edge of the park, another episode from someone dressed in a similar way with a red scarf, black cap and black backpack, who tries to grab a truncheon off a policeman.

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The point of this is clearly to provoke a response and escalate the violence between the two sides.

The lockdown protest leaders are again the ones defusing the violence.

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Although this person is dressed in a similar way to the first, it's a different person (different skin shade, cap has a white insignia, and the scarf is a brighter colour).

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Then a third attack from the first person again, who launches himself over the top of the crowd and lands a punch right on a policemen's head, and then quickly retreats. I have slowed down and zoomed in on this, as it was very quick

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The scarf looks slightly darker than in the first video, but I think that's just the light and the shiny material. Like in the first video the guy has a Nike backpack, black cap, black sunglasses and black gloves.

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It's clear that these are deliberate provocateurs, most likely Antifa or hard-leftists of some sort, trying to provoke a violent clash with the police in order to undermine the protest and also to make the police look like violent thugs.

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They might have been police agents but the large backpacks they wear suggest Antifa types rather than police agents.

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Also it's doubtful whether the police really wanted too much violence. A bloody nose for the front page, yes, serious full-on fighting against an enraged mob not so much.

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If you watched those police in action for the whole thing most of them looked pretty wimpy and weak. They're the sort of bullies who'll happily knock down old ladies, they don't look up to much in the way of a serious battle.

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