Kettling

[Jon C]

I thought it was a town in the East Midlands between Werringbura and Korbie...

[fergywales]

mrmr96 said:

fergywales said:

paul.deitch said:

Was interested enough to ask a friend, a German police officer and weapons trainer about this today. Apparently it is illegal to do this in Germany after a Berlin event in 1987.

http://archiv.squat.net/berlin/reagan87/kessel.htm...

In an adapted format, worked on Friday didn't it?

I didn't think Friday's crowd management was 'kettling'.

On Friday they held crowds back and then let them move forward under control. This is just a receding line.

Kettling is when you hold a crowd in, trapping them and stopping them going anywhere, including going home. It's like a prison and it sucks to be there.

They were being held back, and slowly moved towards Buck House under control, stopping them stampeding and avoiding injury. From what I've read, they were held for about 10 minutes before beginning to move.

[mrmr96]

fergywales said:

mrmr96 said:

fergywales said:

paul.deitch said:

Was interested enough to ask a friend, a German police officer and weapons trainer about this today. Apparently it is illegal to do this in Germany after a Berlin event in 1987.

http://archiv.squat.net/berlin/reagan87/kessel.htm...

In an adapted format, worked on Friday didn't it?

I didn't think Friday's crowd management was 'kettling'.

On Friday they held crowds back and then let them move forward under control. This is just a receding line.

Kettling is when you hold a crowd in, trapping them and stopping them going anywhere, including going home. It's like a prison and it sucks to be there.

They were being held back, and slowly moved towards Buck House under control, stopping them stampeding and avoiding injury. From what I've read, they were held for about 10 minutes before beginning to move.

Agreed. But I don't think that's "kettling".

[mrmr96]

fergywales said:

mrmr96 said:

fergywales said:

paul.deitch said:

Was interested enough to ask a friend, a German police officer and weapons trainer about this today. Apparently it is illegal to do this in Germany after a Berlin event in 1987.

http://archiv.squat.net/berlin/reagan87/kessel.htm...

In an adapted format, worked on Friday didn't it?

I didn't think Friday's crowd management was 'kettling'.

On Friday they held crowds back and then let them move forward under control. This is just a receding line.

Kettling is when you hold a crowd in, trapping them and stopping them going anywhere, including going home. It's like a prison and it sucks to be there.

They were being held back, and slowly moved towards Buck House under control, stopping them stampeding and avoiding injury. From what I've read, they were held for about 10 minutes before beginning to move.

Agreed. But I don't think that's "kettling" because there was no ring around the crowd keeping them from going home.