sadly unlikely – it didn’t work for the miners or the first lot of travellers and it is unlikely to work now
“Activist video” was treated as a cheap content source in the mid 1990s by mainstream media and then discredited by them.
OTOH The ravers who were attacked by cops actually got more airtime than in previous situations and got a chance to put their side of the story across – but I think many attitudes are entrenched due to previous problems caused by 16 years of raves.
The public knows damn well what happens when riot cops are deployed as it happens more regularly these days – for instance when binge drinking gets out of hand or at football matches. They have even been deployed to deal with Christmas Shoppers in London getting out of hand!
The only thing is that the “riots” don’t last very long in the city as the cops have an advantage due to well lit streets and CCTV, so things die down before too many are injured.
There have been a number of clashes between riot cops and youths recently just fuelled by drink or gang-related trouble on housing estates, never mind raves….
there are plenty of people about who would like to take matters into their own hands and deal with ravers equally violently; but are scared of the ravers so they get the cops to carry out their dirty work.
Others may not particularly like all the violence; but still feel that “the law must be upheld”.
