"Just a police sniper on roof of Tory party conference, which resembles a prison," he tweeted. City police confirmed the activists' worst fears, but insisted that the snipers had been placed on the roofs "purely for observation" as they supported the security on the ground of the event.
"They are high up for that reason, to observe. And they [the guns] are used for their powerful sight, which is stronger than any pair of binoculars," a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson told the Manchester Evening News.
"They are not there to shoot people," the spokesperson emphasized.
Comment: Perhaps not yet. Those snipers might have been merely measuring wind speed, best positions and distances, in case a firing order comes down from above. That is, if the Tories and their shadow government banker buddies determine 'the rabble on the streets got too difficult' and they are losing control over the minds of people.
Chants of 'snipers on the roof! Snipers on the roof!' #No2Austerity pic.twitter.com/U43V4nHiq0— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) October 4, 2015
Meanwhile the police made at least five arrests after a crowd of some 60,000 - according to police estimates - marched against the government's austerity policies, vowing to "chase the Conservatives out."
Just a police Sniper on roof of tory party conference, which resembles a prison
#CPC15 pic.twitter.com/RPCYt1YIeH— Ben Whittingham (@BenWhittingham2) October 4, 2015
The organizers, the Trades Union Congress and The People's Assembly, insist that as many as 100,000 activists took part in the event. Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party and leader of the opposition addressed the crowd.
"We're here to bring a message of hope to the people of Britain," he said. "The Tories don't have a monopoly on visions for people for the future!"
The crowd meanwhile seemed preoccupied with mocking Prime Minister David Cameron with pig jokes and banners telling him not to bomb Syria, cut welfare or slash funding for the National Healthcare System. Those attending the conference that is held from October 4-7 were told to hide their conference passes while walking on the streets. The advice, however, did not save some of the delegates from insults and being pelted with rubbish as they passed into conference headquarters at Manchester Central.
Why were the police snipers on rooftops for political activist march opposing psychopathic capitalism because practice makes perfect and one day, inevitably they will not be practising either that or we will strive globally to strip the people of power who put them up there to practice killing political activists.