If You Want to be Treated Like the Police Act Like the Police
We the undersigned will not tolerate the way we have been treated at this years and previous reading festivals by Specialised Security. Festival goers are physically and verbally antagonised by specia... continue reading »
"secutity were being extremly rude and looking for fights i saw a security van driving very fast down the paths filled with people the guards just hoped they moved"
"on our way home on monday morning at 4am at the brown camp, me and my 2 friends were attacked by the head bosses of the security gaurds (the ones on the quad bikes) just because some other guys had rolled up the metal pathway, we were walking past, and we"
"The way those extra security guys acted was totally uncalled for. I, myself, have witnessed brutality by these 'specialised' security. Who behaved no better than thugs looking for fights."
"They abuse their authority"
"its not acceptable"
"i saw this girl get hit walking back to her campsite, the security thort she was rioting"
"I met someone who had their tambourine taken off him as he could use it to 'incite a riot'. - Its the security guys throwing their weight around thats going to stir people up."
"This year's security brutality was FAR worse than last year's: genuine, malicious violence as opposed to basically random thuggery. In my opinion the only feasible solution is for all peace-loving festival-goers to take knives and stab any Specialised Sec"
"I have see these guys in action, its not pretty"
"heh"
"I would love to see 'Specialised' Security loose their contract to 'police' reading next year - at the last two reading festival's i have been appauled by their attitudes and the way they feel they can beat people (they really do just beat the crap out of"
"they are way over the top, Specialised shoud be, not people employed for a weekend with no training"
"Im suprised no one was killed by the idiot specialised security who i can only describe as hooligans who spent much of sunday night literally racing around the campsite on quad bikes. i saw people jumping out of the way, with no attempt made by 'security'"
"they were intent on ruining festival goers fun. Would help if you could understand the scotts aswell."
"i haven't been treaded badly but i've witnessed it."
"I agree"
"the security were apauling"
"Please can we have some proper rules!"
"the security were trying to start fights with festival goers on the sunday night, if anything's going cause a riot it's them"
""Peace & Love" U know = )"
"i was in the crowd at the HOGAN get 2 gether and sum 1 set a tiny fire in the bin and another guy in the crowed went over to it and poured water on it 2 put it out and 3 police men saw it ran over and took the guy down and beat th crap out of him WHY?"
"Savage"
"ditto"
"raise the fist and resist the brutality of those scottish pricks"
"Sum of them were well out of order! Going mental at people for nuthin. I got shouted out just for wrapping myself in sellotape and he then ripped it off me really angryly. WTF!!!!!!"