By A commenter has left a link to a YouTube video that provides incredible footage of what really happened at the Yongsan building fire that killed six people including one policeman and made international headlines further tarnishing the image of Korea:
During the investigation is was discovered that professional leftist protest groups that specialize in violence were behind this tragedy. This video only further proves the level of violence that these groups were using. It is unbelievable that these thugs were throwing molotov cocktails at civilian cars and buses driving down the road. They were even throwing them at neighboring businesses and setting them on fire.
The projectiles and acid they were throwing by slingshot only further shows why the police had to do something to stop these thugs. Thugs is probably too kind of a word because this is border line terrorism. Judging by the video the police took a number of precautions, but in the end these thugs ultimately killed themselves, murdered one policeman, threatened the lives of many civilians in the area, and committed massive property damage.
I would like to see Norma Kang Muico and the rest of the clowns at Amnesty International try to defend this.
4:24 am on February 2nd, 2009 1
editing can have much influence on what is perceived.
my question is who made the video and edited it?
why wasn't the actual tragedy that transpired with the raid shown?
i think it is difficult to judge fully what happened just by this video,
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4:50 am on February 2nd, 2009 2
I'm pretty sure that that video was compiled by someone involved with the police. But what's wrong with that? One should always be able to see both sides of a given issue, and you're not going to convince anyone that it was tricky editing that shows the squatters hurling Molotov cocktails at passing motorists and setting neighboring buildings on fire.
Anyway, the police typically document such events themselves, and that's probably why they have such good footage — because they were there at least a day before full hostilities broke out and well before the regular media turned up.
Anyone please feel free to correct me if I am wrong in my assumption about the source of this footage.
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5:23 am on February 2nd, 2009 3
Editing, so what, the Molotov cocktails, slingshots, and acid speak for themselves.
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6:39 am on February 2nd, 2009 4
I agree with King Baeksu that probably the police compiled this video in an effort to get their message out in the media dominated by the left. I think going to YouTube is a smart thing on their part. Even with editing I think it is quite clears Molotov cocktails were being thrown at civilian businesses, cars, and buses which to me is border line terrorism.
What would people in the US be saying if a group of Arab men barricaded themselves within a building in Manhattan and began throwing molotov cocktails at people? They would be considered terrorists and shot down. The police in Korea actually appeared to be quite restrained considering the circumstances.
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8:27 am on February 2nd, 2009 5
GI-Korea: Arab or otherwise ~ in America they would have been dealt with forcefully, quite possibly with lethal force. Frankly speaking, the Korean police look like a bunch of panzies in comparison.
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