Chinese Thugs Take over England
Lord Coe blasts ‘horrible Chinese thugs’ who barged their way through London as IOC considers scrapping the relay
By SAM GREENHILL, GWYNETH REES and PETER ALLEN -
“Lord Coe last night condemned the army of Chinese “thugs” who accompanied the Olympic torch relay through London.
The head of London’s 2012 Games described as “horrible” the burly henchmen who barged their way through the capital, shoving the public and even police out of the way.
His trenchant remarks followed those of former Blue Peter presenter and torchbearer Konnie Huq, who revealed the Chinese minders barked orders at her and pushed her arm up to hold the flame higher.
Sunday’s scenes, which were repeated in France yesterday, brought accusations that Britain had imported Chinese police state tactics to control the supposedly showcase relay.
Referring to the Chinese security guards, who were in France yesterday with the torch on the next leg of its world tour, he said: “One thing in Paris is to get rid of those guys. They tried to push me out of the way three times. They are horrible. They did not speak English. They were thugs.”
Wearing blue tracksuits, the 14 minders surrounded the symbolic flame, pushing anyone who tried to get near, as it was relayed 31 miles across London.”
Anyone who saw video or still photos, had to be asking … who are those goons? They were obviously Chinese Agents who operated above the law. Ask yourself what would have happened to you if you had shoved a cop in the UK or anywhere else.
The UK cops just took it. Maybe a prerequisite for being elected to Brit government or serving as a cop requires that you be a eunuch?
Okay on to San Francisco … let’s see how the goons operate there shall we? BTW can cops have guns in San Francisco… or does that generate bad karma?
