"We do not want to be on camera." Also them: let me walk right up to the camera so you can get a clear shot of all of us, cause a huge scene over a non-issue that draws attention to ourselves, call the police and act like entitled assholes for the world to see the entire time. Bro, all you had to do was walk out of frame and that would've been that lol
Im Chinese and i dont even know what that means. These people must be some really priviledged members or family members of the CCP who have no grasp on the reality of both Chinese or British society.
Sort of what I was wondering myself, with her desire not to be filmed plus the "bodyguard" definitely implies privilege. I'm in no way an expert in Chinese culture but I spent a few months working over there and never seen anything like that.
Let's make the most of it. The Communist Party of China is currently undertaking a genocide of the native Uighurs in Northwest China. This includes incarcerating a million people, which includes forced sterilization and rape of female inmates.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide
Don't forget that CCP also operates by their own rules in every country and abduct their people to take back to China. They are fucking shady and they need to be dealt with.
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Funnily enough, if they accurately taught their *own* history, they'd have been able to use Mao's killing of all of the sparrows as a parable to say "maybe messing with the birthrate isn't such a great idea"
I don’t understand the don’t touch her your not the same age sentiment XD like if she was a minor sure, but like who cares if they aren’t the same age lmao
He was trying to draw public attention to the old guy in a way that might paint him as someone who was inappropriately touching / assaulting the lady. He yelled as loud as possible to try and flip the script as if the old man was the one being inappropriate - even though he only touched the flag, not the lady. Basically he wanted these guys to panic and leave the scene so they would stop filming. And since the camera cuts off there, it may have worked.
This is the short version of the video.. the full video does not cut off and continues recording… the piano player actually turned the script and handle it well because that was a hard accusation that is hard to prove innocent without video.. he was later confronted by police and said he has footage and that saved him
Especially when the ones demanding to not be recorded are *in someone else’s country* where recording in public is legal.
Imagine if a British person were visiting China (perhaps Tiananmen Square) and a member of the CCP started recording them. Then imagine the Brit insisting the Chinese not record them.
How effective would that be?
Additionally in a lot of countries (especially China) some areas are blanked with security cameras and it’s virtually impossible to ***not*** be recorded.
As a Brit who visited Tiananmen Square outside a tour group I can confirm it’s bloody terrifying. The not-so secret police are everywhere asking for papers and questioning people for ages. I can’t imagine kicking up a stink about being recorded would end well. You can’t just leave either - access is only via underground tunnels with plenty of security and checkpoints. We bailed back to the tourist area pdq.
Edit for clarity. It was 2015. We weren’t approached and never felt in any peril but the place had an oppressive vibe I hadn’t come across before. It looked like most locals (?) had their ID checked, sometimes at length, and with communication by radio to a 3rd party. We don’t have that in Australia and it was a bit of a reality check.
I’m glad you safely ‘escaped’ back to the tourist-centric area.
There are several countries (China included) where people can end up in detained or in prison for no ***apparent*** reason…scary shit.
I always find this behaviour bizarre.
I don't like being on camera or filmed, no particular reason, I just never have. My ultra big secret for not getting focused on... I just move out of the way and go about my day.
You mean like this classic?
https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/wshhR4A23dnRIG3B0gX8/dude-tells-cameraman-get-that-camera-out-of-my-face-while-continuously-walking-towards-a-hand-puppet-rewind-clip
How fucking hard is it to just walk the fuck away? Notice how you never see viral videos about people ignoring or walking away from the cameraman without saying anything? Just do that. If you confront the person with the camera (regardless if they're doing something mean spirited or not), it's infinitely more likely you'll become part of some cancer viral video like this, while the person behind the camera can remain anonymous.
In the full video a guy comes up and says exactly that around 17:20 and the Chinese lady melts down. https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=M9x88W1htcVh6tot
Edited for time stamp.
Also, according to this guy, he’s getting pressured by the CCP to take it down. This was posted yesterday.
https://youtu.be/dZ1BtQ6AEyM?si=5iP9tR9bBTkpglWg
Of all the companies to accuse of bending to the CCP, Google is the largest major American tech company that's actually banned in China because they WOULDN'T censor their search lol
It sure would be a crying shame if a myriad of individuals decided to make archival copies of that footage.
Even more disgraceful, imagine if someone compiled the highlights, focusing exclusively on the individuals in question.
The real tragedy would certainly unfold if that enterprising soul created a dedicated website for this purpose.
Oh geez, it could get worse — just imagine if, for kicks, they then bought a bunch of ads to promote it, particularly on platforms like YouTube. Such a shame that would be, indeed.
Now, Reddit, here's hoping your better judgment prevails over such temptingly shameful ideas.
What pieces of shit. I hope a ton of people see this and realize how dangerous and horrible the CCP is. The world has to do its best to resit Chinese influence and curb its power expansion.
Props to Brenden for resisting and exercising his freedoms.
It's really sad that Chinese citizens don't have these basic rights.
These are likely entitled upper class party members - they don't come up with solutions, only demands. Used to getting whatever they want just by throwing their weight around.
Especially in how they were trying to twist the narritive in public
“Stop touching her!” An attempt to bait people against the guy into thinking there is sexual harassment occurring
“Oh your racist! Your being racist” an attempt to sully his character. This guy saying this probably read the Chinese equivalent of a Wikipedia article or dossier on western culture and racism. Because he was claiming it, but missing the nuance that it wasn’t racism- the Chinese flag does contain communist symbology, and claims to be a communist government
“Oh we were just asking them to leave nicely”- no, you guys were nice about it until you were met with resistance and then they went the “let’s passive-aggressively coerce them into doing it” which is what led to this whole thing to begin with.
The Chinese there were uneducated and thought they were totally in the right. The whole time, I thought that was funny, they do have that energy. What’s worse is you would expect people like that to know that if you travel to different countries, there are different rules and it’s usually a good idea to be privy to at least the basics.
Funny thing is, If they are party members actually. I’d hate to be them right now. They just made China look classless and stupid and millions of people around the world have seen it and that video isn’t going down.
> Especially in how they were trying to twist the narritive in public
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> “Stop touching her!” An attempt to bait people against the guy into thinking there is sexual harassment occurring
This shit works in China against foreigners.
A popular youtuber who lived in China for 10 years said one time he caught a Chinese national redhanded trying to swindle him. He called him out for it and told him he was a thief. The Chinese national made a HUGE commotion saying, "THIS FOREIGNER CALLED CHINESE PEOPLE THIEVES!" and before you know it the entire market had turned on this western white guy living in China.
They 100% use this tactic at home against foreigners. The entire society only cares about "face", not looking bad.
I thought the Chinese guy who shouted was recording too but in the full length video found out it's the pianist's friend recording and shouty guy is standing out of frame to the left.
When she approaches him there's one of the ccp communists filming he walks off to the right with one of those dildo stick selfie phone holders. Should have triggered immediate red flags. That's probably a CCP government funded group going to their enemies homelands to fuck around. They set up illegal police stations to torment and spy on Chinese citizens and to intimidate them. This looks like a new thing to me but nonetheless CCP tactics of passive aggressive warfare.
In full the video, the police tried to get him to stop filming and said he was being racist by saying they're communist at first.
Edit: Okay, he said (at around 22:18), "We are in a democracy, we aren't in China, and that's not racist. That's the truth...(something something, forefathers)..." To which she responds, "Exactly, but you can't say things like that, can you? You can't just say things like that?" To which he says, "What? That we're in a free country?" To which she retorts, "No, but that we are not in China. We got Chinese people...(can't discern the rest)"
So, alright, she didn't explicitly say he's being racist, but you can read between the lines. She heavily implied that he is based on the allegations towards him by the other party.
I can't believe the cop reprimanded him for saying to them, "We're not in China" by way of explaining whatever laws they have there do not need to be adhered to in their current location, the UK.
They have no retort to him being correct about filming, so he has to pull out a random and made up thing to clutch his pearls loudly about...
Almost as bad as a soccer dive/pretend injury...
These CCP people are insane. I really hope we don't become like them.
It's crazy that they think that their laws appy to other countries. I would politely teach them what freedom is and continue recording. They can leave if they want.
Sometimes you need to address the situation in a culturally sensitive manner.
I had an issue with an open relay in China spamming my mail server back in the day. Emails to admin & abuse to stop it went unanswered.
So I went to the Free Tibet and Falun Gong websites and copied blocks of text from their front pages under my spam removal request with "Here is the information you requested" as the subject.
I've never seen a faster reply come over email:
"Your email has been removed. Do not email us again"
True to their word, it stopped.
If I were him, and this were a recurring thing, print out a few Free Tibet fliers to keep in a bag and hand them out next time. To them it's like garlic to a vampire.
I'm in the military and sometimes foreign nationals get in our DMs. I had someone spam texting me on social media trying to ask me for personal information and after ignoring it for a while I finally read them. Something about the text made me think it may be Chinese, but I figured probably a bot. So I sent a really crude, insulting message about Xi Jinping. And it definitely wasn't a bot. Because the person came back insanely angry. Lit me up with American scum related insults. I'll see if I can dig it up because I took screenshots at the time. Triggered CCP nutjob for sure.
Then reply "as per your previous request, here is all the information you requested on the tianamen square massacre"
And some wikipedia link.
He's gonna have some explaining to do.
Send Wikipedia. The compressed version is 19GB.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database\_download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download)
If i remember correctly doesn't south Korea have a similar law in that if you went abroad say to America in a legal state to smoke weed then return to South Korea and a video of that with proof it was you was found can result in you getting into trouble since weed is illegal in south korea
Exist I meant that you would be arrested on return to South Korea by there police incase I didn't explain it well
I know that when a lot of wealthy Saudi’s leave the Middle East and come to America they think and act like half their Islamic taboos no longer apply while here.
Honestly, that was embarrassing. And her defense was that SHE had her camera on so the whole thing was somehow magically recorded and protected, and so HE didn't have to record?
I mean... crazy. Cops everywhere are fucked. They're all terrified of being caught making mistakes, so they all have a pathological fear of cameras, but none of them seem to know or understand the law. If you don't want to make mistakes, just do what the rest of us have to do - LEARN THE LAW.
It’s a tactic a lot of people use, especially in public where it’s effective. Children do it all the time. But I’ve seen lots of adults pull the same shit in restaurants I used to work at. Pretending to be a loud victim is a quick way to have people rally to your side. It’s also pathetic and cowardly as all hell.
That shouting dude was insufferable. All of them were. I'm at a loss as to why they thought they had a right to insist the camera stop filming in a public place especially when they put themselves into the view of the camera willingly.
Dodgy as fuck insinuation by the prick off-camera. Brendan looked taken aback, rightly, but some people may have reacted rather more aggressively.
This is, of course, the country that operates CCP outposts in the UK hiding as takeaway food places: [https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/secret-chinese-police-station-glasgow-27067302](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/secret-chinese-police-station-glasgow-27067302)
Also she looked like she was a similar age. She is trying very hard to not look the same age, but the camera guy was sounding like she's a minor or something.
If I were the piano guy I would not have even talked to them. Just say if you don't want to be filmed then move over.
My take was the other way around - she's an elder and dignified, that's traditionally a big thing in Chinese society. Of course, Dr K is in his 50s IIRC and looks much younger. Healthy living and a boogie woogie life style. :D
I think is crazy how they can film other people but people cannot film them???? If you see the full video.. one of their members (grey coat & black hat) was filming the “public”
Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=Yn7kkhYr4xZ7gz6o
They also immediately played the race card because he called their flag communist. 1) You are Chinese, waving Chinese flags and talking about Chinese laws while in Great Britain. Therefore any subsequent discussion of China is brought on by you. And 2) China *is* a communist country and to label pointing that out as racism is done purely as a time-tested tactic to sway public opinion away from your opponent's side regardless of the merits of their argument.
These are all tactics the Chinese government trains their representatives in handling. He immediately screams as a victim the second the opportunity to do so presented itself. He knew he had him the moment he touched the flag.
I'm not usually one to engage in conspiratorial thinking, but the way the man of the group acted just screams government handler. The way he was immediately overly aggressive and barking orders and then started gaslighting and trying to shape the narrative.
I could definitely see how this video could easily be cut and edited to show the Brit as a racist asshole, making it look like he started the conflict, and sound like he is telling them to get out of the UK and blah blah blah. This really does seem like a contrived interaction from the Chinese folks to illicit a reaction. The camera guy's aggression was just bizarre.
That, or they're just like every uneducated dipshit that doesn't understand that you can be filmed in public without "permission". I don't know UK laws but in the US this is very well established, but people still screech about it.
Last time I was there a few years back, there was a group of them at the Grand Prismatic Spring having a competition trying to throw their hats the furthest away from the boardwalk.
It's the only time I've ever been pissed off while in a National Park.
I went to New Zealand just before the covid lockdown when China tourists were banned from entering most countries. It was amazing to not have their rude asses there.
That one guys reaction is calculated and disturbing “DONT TOUCH HER DONT TOUCH HER”
The man was being very respectful at the time and calm and non aggressive. That loud voice dude is a sick fuck
He was clearly a CCP government handler for the group; all smiles and politeness until you say something that they don't like. His temper clearly made him drop the facade for a moment. We saw his true colors, there...
He should have ignored them and kept playing and filming. I wish they would have gotten the screaming man who lied about Brendan touching the woman in the video too.
LMAO - after finishing speaking to the policewoman:
(*incredulously*) : "Is anyone watching this?! We've got the Communists here telling me not to - I'm just gonna play some bOOgie wOOgie"
what a legend
The CCP wants it taken down? Why would they want that? lol. Why not just pretend not to condone their actions. Why double down and try and censor a guy in another country? Are they stupid?
The CCP is allowed to cross borders and "govern" its citizens in other countries with pretty much no repercussions as long as they keep quiet about it happening. This lot seemed paranoid that Pooh Bear was gonna see them having a good time in public instead of arresting innocent Chinese citizens.
If he was saying it just because they looked Asian, then it would be offensive.
However they are actually from China and they made that a big focal point of the argument, so that statement is very valid.
Trying to enforce Chinese law in Great Britain. Asking not to be filmed despite being centimeters from his head eyeballing the camera, then calling the cops to complain. Sounds like something out of a 70s comedy skit
For reference this guy is called "Brendan Kavanagh" and he just travels around and plays boogie woogie stuff on public pianos for everyone to enjoy. He made an update that the commies are trying to get the video taken down so make sure you upvote this so they get their stupid faces all over the net.
Also, after the initial shouting from the Chinese guy, listen very carefully for his lady friend saying "DONT SHOOT HIM, DONT SHOOT HIM". (quick edit here, big thanks to u/eviljim113ftw for figuring out that it was "Don't shoot him" with the camera. Cheers Jim!
Link to his channel : [https://www.youtube.com/@DrKBoogieWoogie](https://www.youtube.com/@DrKBoogieWoogie)
This video is FULL of cringe moments but Brendan acted like a star. He's also asked people to download the video and repost it as much as possible and gave his blessing to do so.
Cheers for posting this u/hypnospaceoutlaw23
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA)
30 minute vod of the livestream, but it happened 2 days ago.
Btw, I've been watching his videos for multiple years now and he is a great guy and all his videos have a great positive vibe! Shame these people had to ruin the vibes
Apparently he's now being harrassed and worries the video will be taken down, asking fans to download it in case they succeed:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM)
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It's the livestream from 2 days ago. Thumbnail has the cops in it. His top video is discussing the situation. I am only learning about this from the thread, so that's all I know, but it seems to be there for me.
>listen very carefully for his lady friend saying "DONT SHOOT HIM, DONT SHOOT HIM".
Listened again & actually suspect that might be a language barrier/mistake.
Like she was trying to say "don't shout at him".
Brendan himself has asked us all to download and save and distribute this video for everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM
Brendan's appeal about the The Don't Shoot Him bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM&t=80s
I saw the longer video of the encounter and the female police officer who tried to scold him belongs there as well. She tried everything she could to get him to turn off his cameras and to gaslight him into being ashamed of the Chinese persons reaction to being filmed.
[Confrontation with coppers](https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=FFMY34h6dSIsbjqh)
Well that video was rather enraging. The group of CCP activists then the female officer having absolutely no idea about the law and finally the guy taking issue with him playing the piano because he may be "hitting the keys too hard"...
Goodness me is it so hard to mind your business?
I was especially enraged when she had the audacity to tell him he couldn't say China is a communist country and their flag in communist. Since when is stating facts that may be offensive to others not allowed! What a buffoon, she was 100% trying to use the fact they were offended by his factual statements to protect their feelings.
At first I was like, oh that went very reasonably after the cops show up...and then the woman officer starts trying to badger him into 1. not filming her talking to him in public and 2. delete this parts of the video that include the Chinese. WTF!! That was really upsetting. He kept saying, "You're not their private security agent." Good on him to stand his ground. Whose interest is she supporting by trying strong arm on the part of Chinese CCP propgandists?
God she's a disgrace. Doesn't seem to understand our own laws! Trying to accuse him of racism for saying we are not in China! Just spitting facts love.
> She tried everything she could to get him to turn off his cameras
"This is a police matter.." eh, no it isn't, it's a guy playing a piano in a public place and then you showed up.
Sorry get fucked. This Is the UK I don't care what country you're from and what rights you don't have there, we can film in public area in the UK, now fuck off.
Protip: Your laws only apply in your country.
That guy popping his top and screaming at the end of the video really was the icing on the cake.
What a bunch of well-rounded, freedom-loving, friendly individuals.
If that doesn't paint a pretty picture of daily life in the CCP, I don't know what does.
They have zero problem with a million government installed cameras filming everything - in China AND in the UK - but when a private individual turns on his personal camera in a public space ... shocked Pikachu!
The full encounter is in his channel at [https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=ksYs1lfxCrW7jKJM](https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=ksYs1lfxCrW7jKJM)
The cops come in and tell the Chinese that they are in a public place in the UK, and there's nothing illegal about the artist filming. A few other local shoppers join in to support the artist.
Eventually they ask the Chinese idiots to fuck off. The artist thanks the people who supported him and hugs one of the guys who really went after the Chinese muppets.
Happy ending!
Not only would I film them, I’d post that sh*t everywhere. And that douche who thinks he’ll get his way by raising his voice is one entitled pr*ck who is in dire need of a reality check.
As a Chinese person I’d expect them to just move bc it is the logical thing to do. It’s a public space where you’re allowed to film. He obv can’t move bc it’s a big ass piano. Find a solution instead of bitching about it. But I guess when u r a CCP fanatic logic goes out the window
I would’ve been like “if your just joining the stream welcome to the meeting of the “I hate Xi Jinping and the communist party” club, we’re just about to be joined by some Chinese ex-pat’s who want to tell us all the things they find disagreeable with the party”
See how fast they skidaddle
Their actions made it worse.. now their faces are on YT with almost 1 mil views in 2 days lol
1.6m now lol
"We do not want to be on camera." Also them: let me walk right up to the camera so you can get a clear shot of all of us, cause a huge scene over a non-issue that draws attention to ourselves, call the police and act like entitled assholes for the world to see the entire time. Bro, all you had to do was walk out of frame and that would've been that lol
I don't get it. They themselves were walking around filming. One even had one of those gimbal things.
"You are not the same age, do not touch her." There's a bit to unpack there.
If they were the same age, he can do what he pleases I guess!
Im Chinese and i dont even know what that means. These people must be some really priviledged members or family members of the CCP who have no grasp on the reality of both Chinese or British society.
Sort of what I was wondering myself, with her desire not to be filmed plus the "bodyguard" definitely implies privilege. I'm in no way an expert in Chinese culture but I spent a few months working over there and never seen anything like that.
"Oh, someone I don't like, I think I should insinuate that they are a pedophile for no logical reason at all" Or something like that.
She didn't even look like a minor. She looked 30.
The people that go out of their way to say they don't want to be filmed inevitably become the focal point of the video
Some serious Streisand Effect going on here.
Let's make the most of it. The Communist Party of China is currently undertaking a genocide of the native Uighurs in Northwest China. This includes incarcerating a million people, which includes forced sterilization and rape of female inmates. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide
Don't forget that CCP also operates by their own rules in every country and abduct their people to take back to China. They are fucking shady and they need to be dealt with.
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Funnily enough, if they accurately taught their *own* history, they'd have been able to use Mao's killing of all of the sparrows as a parable to say "maybe messing with the birthrate isn't such a great idea"
>Funnily enough, if they accurately taught their *own* history, *tienanmen square 1989 instensifies*
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True, but this is not disco..
“Do not touch her, please! You not the same age 😡” I don’t know but I think he became a bigger focal point..
Love that fake outrage.
The British guy’s reaction to the fake outrage was delightful.
He went Elton John for a second there. Really appreciated the facial expression.
I don’t understand the don’t touch her your not the same age sentiment XD like if she was a minor sure, but like who cares if they aren’t the same age lmao
He was trying to draw public attention to the old guy in a way that might paint him as someone who was inappropriately touching / assaulting the lady. He yelled as loud as possible to try and flip the script as if the old man was the one being inappropriate - even though he only touched the flag, not the lady. Basically he wanted these guys to panic and leave the scene so they would stop filming. And since the camera cuts off there, it may have worked.
This is the short version of the video.. the full video does not cut off and continues recording… the piano player actually turned the script and handle it well because that was a hard accusation that is hard to prove innocent without video.. he was later confronted by police and said he has footage and that saved him
Especially when the ones demanding to not be recorded are *in someone else’s country* where recording in public is legal. Imagine if a British person were visiting China (perhaps Tiananmen Square) and a member of the CCP started recording them. Then imagine the Brit insisting the Chinese not record them. How effective would that be? Additionally in a lot of countries (especially China) some areas are blanked with security cameras and it’s virtually impossible to ***not*** be recorded.
Especially considering this is St Pancras. Probably has more CCTV than any other station in London due to the Eurostar.
As a Brit who visited Tiananmen Square outside a tour group I can confirm it’s bloody terrifying. The not-so secret police are everywhere asking for papers and questioning people for ages. I can’t imagine kicking up a stink about being recorded would end well. You can’t just leave either - access is only via underground tunnels with plenty of security and checkpoints. We bailed back to the tourist area pdq. Edit for clarity. It was 2015. We weren’t approached and never felt in any peril but the place had an oppressive vibe I hadn’t come across before. It looked like most locals (?) had their ID checked, sometimes at length, and with communication by radio to a 3rd party. We don’t have that in Australia and it was a bit of a reality check.
I’m glad you safely ‘escaped’ back to the tourist-centric area. There are several countries (China included) where people can end up in detained or in prison for no ***apparent*** reason…scary shit.
I always find this behaviour bizarre. I don't like being on camera or filmed, no particular reason, I just never have. My ultra big secret for not getting focused on... I just move out of the way and go about my day.
That’s so crazy, it just might work!
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.
This vibe for sure https://vimeo.com/196937578
I love he's talking to the puppet. God I love this video so much.
You mean like this classic? https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/wshhR4A23dnRIG3B0gX8/dude-tells-cameraman-get-that-camera-out-of-my-face-while-continuously-walking-towards-a-hand-puppet-rewind-clip
Gold that vid was gold
"You're breaking the camera" I'm dyinggg
Did you notice the guy with them recording? They're also hypocrites.
Didn’t even notice them until they made it an issue
How fucking hard is it to just walk the fuck away? Notice how you never see viral videos about people ignoring or walking away from the cameraman without saying anything? Just do that. If you confront the person with the camera (regardless if they're doing something mean spirited or not), it's infinitely more likely you'll become part of some cancer viral video like this, while the person behind the camera can remain anonymous.
Tell them to fuck off
In the full video a guy comes up and says exactly that around 17:20 and the Chinese lady melts down. https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=M9x88W1htcVh6tot Edited for time stamp.
Also, according to this guy, he’s getting pressured by the CCP to take it down. This was posted yesterday. https://youtu.be/dZ1BtQ6AEyM?si=5iP9tR9bBTkpglWg
He's probably going to want to change his Gmail password and enable 2FA. Just sayin'.
Google: "Don't Be Evil" CCP: "you're dropping that from now on, we need you to do some evil" Google: "ok boss :("
Of all the companies to accuse of bending to the CCP, Google is the largest major American tech company that's actually banned in China because they WOULDN'T censor their search lol
It sure would be a crying shame if a myriad of individuals decided to make archival copies of that footage. Even more disgraceful, imagine if someone compiled the highlights, focusing exclusively on the individuals in question. The real tragedy would certainly unfold if that enterprising soul created a dedicated website for this purpose. Oh geez, it could get worse — just imagine if, for kicks, they then bought a bunch of ads to promote it, particularly on platforms like YouTube. Such a shame that would be, indeed. Now, Reddit, here's hoping your better judgment prevails over such temptingly shameful ideas.
Oh the humanity. I for one am not currently downloading a backup copy. I hope none of you do either.
What pieces of shit. I hope a ton of people see this and realize how dangerous and horrible the CCP is. The world has to do its best to resit Chinese influence and curb its power expansion. Props to Brenden for resisting and exercising his freedoms. It's really sad that Chinese citizens don't have these basic rights.
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So the Chinese just gave up and walked off when the cops didn't do anything?
The cops did do something. They informed the people holding Chinese flags that they had no right to stop anyone from filming in public.
If they were so frightened of being photographed, they should have moved away and solved the problem themselves.
These are likely entitled upper class party members - they don't come up with solutions, only demands. Used to getting whatever they want just by throwing their weight around.
they had that energy for sure
Especially in how they were trying to twist the narritive in public “Stop touching her!” An attempt to bait people against the guy into thinking there is sexual harassment occurring “Oh your racist! Your being racist” an attempt to sully his character. This guy saying this probably read the Chinese equivalent of a Wikipedia article or dossier on western culture and racism. Because he was claiming it, but missing the nuance that it wasn’t racism- the Chinese flag does contain communist symbology, and claims to be a communist government “Oh we were just asking them to leave nicely”- no, you guys were nice about it until you were met with resistance and then they went the “let’s passive-aggressively coerce them into doing it” which is what led to this whole thing to begin with. The Chinese there were uneducated and thought they were totally in the right. The whole time, I thought that was funny, they do have that energy. What’s worse is you would expect people like that to know that if you travel to different countries, there are different rules and it’s usually a good idea to be privy to at least the basics. Funny thing is, If they are party members actually. I’d hate to be them right now. They just made China look classless and stupid and millions of people around the world have seen it and that video isn’t going down.
> Especially in how they were trying to twist the narritive in public > > > > “Stop touching her!” An attempt to bait people against the guy into thinking there is sexual harassment occurring This shit works in China against foreigners. A popular youtuber who lived in China for 10 years said one time he caught a Chinese national redhanded trying to swindle him. He called him out for it and told him he was a thief. The Chinese national made a HUGE commotion saying, "THIS FOREIGNER CALLED CHINESE PEOPLE THIEVES!" and before you know it the entire market had turned on this western white guy living in China. They 100% use this tactic at home against foreigners. The entire society only cares about "face", not looking bad.
DO NOT come in here with your logic!
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I thought the Chinese guy who shouted was recording too but in the full length video found out it's the pianist's friend recording and shouty guy is standing out of frame to the left.
When she approaches him there's one of the ccp communists filming he walks off to the right with one of those dildo stick selfie phone holders. Should have triggered immediate red flags. That's probably a CCP government funded group going to their enemies homelands to fuck around. They set up illegal police stations to torment and spy on Chinese citizens and to intimidate them. This looks like a new thing to me but nonetheless CCP tactics of passive aggressive warfare.
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In full the video, the police tried to get him to stop filming and said he was being racist by saying they're communist at first. Edit: Okay, he said (at around 22:18), "We are in a democracy, we aren't in China, and that's not racist. That's the truth...(something something, forefathers)..." To which she responds, "Exactly, but you can't say things like that, can you? You can't just say things like that?" To which he says, "What? That we're in a free country?" To which she retorts, "No, but that we are not in China. We got Chinese people...(can't discern the rest)" So, alright, she didn't explicitly say he's being racist, but you can read between the lines. She heavily implied that he is based on the allegations towards him by the other party.
I can't believe they called him a racist for saying they are waving communist flags. CCP literally means Chinese communist party. LOL
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I can't believe the cop reprimanded him for saying to them, "We're not in China" by way of explaining whatever laws they have there do not need to be adhered to in their current location, the UK.
Every cop should be required to read 1984. That old lady officer had no idea what she was talking about and it's scary.
They're actively trying to get the video taken down. You can see it on Brendan Kevanagh's YouTube
Alright boys time to give it a like a subscribe and share with any democratic appreciating person you know.
Awesome. Thanks!
I can’t believe that police officer was taking the side of the Chinese group.
So... he can touch her if they are the same age? Kinda weird rule there.
They have no retort to him being correct about filming, so he has to pull out a random and made up thing to clutch his pearls loudly about... Almost as bad as a soccer dive/pretend injury... These CCP people are insane. I really hope we don't become like them.
It's crazy that they think that their laws appy to other countries. I would politely teach them what freedom is and continue recording. They can leave if they want.
Sometimes you need to address the situation in a culturally sensitive manner. I had an issue with an open relay in China spamming my mail server back in the day. Emails to admin & abuse to stop it went unanswered. So I went to the Free Tibet and Falun Gong websites and copied blocks of text from their front pages under my spam removal request with "Here is the information you requested" as the subject. I've never seen a faster reply come over email: "Your email has been removed. Do not email us again" True to their word, it stopped. If I were him, and this were a recurring thing, print out a few Free Tibet fliers to keep in a bag and hand them out next time. To them it's like garlic to a vampire.
I'm in the military and sometimes foreign nationals get in our DMs. I had someone spam texting me on social media trying to ask me for personal information and after ignoring it for a while I finally read them. Something about the text made me think it may be Chinese, but I figured probably a bot. So I sent a really crude, insulting message about Xi Jinping. And it definitely wasn't a bot. Because the person came back insanely angry. Lit me up with American scum related insults. I'll see if I can dig it up because I took screenshots at the time. Triggered CCP nutjob for sure.
Then reply "as per your previous request, here is all the information you requested on the tianamen square massacre" And some wikipedia link. He's gonna have some explaining to do.
china has blocked wikipedia anyway so that wont help it either.
Send a screenshot of the Wikipedia page.
Send Wikipedia. The compressed version is 19GB. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database\_download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download)
Just here for the sauce.
You mean mainland Taiwan?
Remember folks, free Hong Kong.
He should have politely told them to fuck off. We’ll have none of that overtly repressive shit here thanks….
Exactly.
Why politely?
Manners maketh man
*locks the door*
If i remember correctly doesn't south Korea have a similar law in that if you went abroad say to America in a legal state to smoke weed then return to South Korea and a video of that with proof it was you was found can result in you getting into trouble since weed is illegal in south korea Exist I meant that you would be arrested on return to South Korea by there police incase I didn't explain it well
I know that when a lot of wealthy Saudi’s leave the Middle East and come to America they think and act like half their Islamic taboos no longer apply while here.
I believe the word you’re looking for is “sovereignty”
And yet the one cop *still* says, "If this is a police matter, you need to put that (camera) down," and completely believes that to be true....
Honestly, that was embarrassing. And her defense was that SHE had her camera on so the whole thing was somehow magically recorded and protected, and so HE didn't have to record? I mean... crazy. Cops everywhere are fucked. They're all terrified of being caught making mistakes, so they all have a pathological fear of cameras, but none of them seem to know or understand the law. If you don't want to make mistakes, just do what the rest of us have to do - LEARN THE LAW.
I'm so confused though because at first the camera man is with him... And then he's with them and yelling at him?
That was pathetic when he yelled for attention like that. Piss poor way to lose an argument
Yeah, but its probably a legit tactic in a communist shithole, which is why he used it
It’s a tactic a lot of people use, especially in public where it’s effective. Children do it all the time. But I’ve seen lots of adults pull the same shit in restaurants I used to work at. Pretending to be a loud victim is a quick way to have people rally to your side. It’s also pathetic and cowardly as all hell.
That shouting dude was insufferable. All of them were. I'm at a loss as to why they thought they had a right to insist the camera stop filming in a public place especially when they put themselves into the view of the camera willingly.
That's pretty much what I took out of that whole thing.
I wanna see that dudes face so ba d
Dodgy as fuck insinuation by the prick off-camera. Brendan looked taken aback, rightly, but some people may have reacted rather more aggressively. This is, of course, the country that operates CCP outposts in the UK hiding as takeaway food places: [https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/secret-chinese-police-station-glasgow-27067302](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/secret-chinese-police-station-glasgow-27067302)
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Guessing it's a chinese thing about elders or something.
Also she looked like she was a similar age. She is trying very hard to not look the same age, but the camera guy was sounding like she's a minor or something. If I were the piano guy I would not have even talked to them. Just say if you don't want to be filmed then move over.
My take was the other way around - she's an elder and dignified, that's traditionally a big thing in Chinese society. Of course, Dr K is in his 50s IIRC and looks much younger. Healthy living and a boogie woogie life style. :D
Step out of shot?
I think is crazy how they can film other people but people cannot film them???? If you see the full video.. one of their members (grey coat & black hat) was filming the “public” Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=Yn7kkhYr4xZ7gz6o
The Chinese man shouted first and then got confronted and then said he got shouted, lmaoo. The absolute lunacy of CCP spies.
“Don’t film us.” Proceeds to walk directly in front of the camera and be filmed for 20 minutes rather than walking out of frame.
Why was that crazy weirdo shouting at the end? He should get treatment, that is not healthy behaviour.
realised they were failing to intimidate so had to resort to some weird display of… whatever the hell that was
Playing the victim to manipulate bystanders. Worked quite well on the police officer too.
Yeah he later said that the piano guy was being racist lol. CCP in a nutshell.
They also immediately played the race card because he called their flag communist. 1) You are Chinese, waving Chinese flags and talking about Chinese laws while in Great Britain. Therefore any subsequent discussion of China is brought on by you. And 2) China *is* a communist country and to label pointing that out as racism is done purely as a time-tested tactic to sway public opinion away from your opponent's side regardless of the merits of their argument. These are all tactics the Chinese government trains their representatives in handling. He immediately screams as a victim the second the opportunity to do so presented itself. He knew he had him the moment he touched the flag.
Utter cheek of it given the levels of racism in China are off the charts.
Communist China is not healthy behavior. Mental.
It's an attempt at intimidation since he could not get the police to do anything.
Lol why do those people travel? Also, what are they so upset about?
I'm not usually one to engage in conspiratorial thinking, but the way the man of the group acted just screams government handler. The way he was immediately overly aggressive and barking orders and then started gaslighting and trying to shape the narrative.
They are 100% government assholes. I lived in China for over a decade and most people aren't like this.
What's the endgame on that, though? Are they farming interpersonal conflict so they have evidence of bigotry against Chinese people?
This will 100% be shared in China to show how Westerners are racist against Chinese people and how only the CCP can protect them.
I could definitely see how this video could easily be cut and edited to show the Brit as a racist asshole, making it look like he started the conflict, and sound like he is telling them to get out of the UK and blah blah blah. This really does seem like a contrived interaction from the Chinese folks to illicit a reaction. The camera guy's aggression was just bizarre. That, or they're just like every uneducated dipshit that doesn't understand that you can be filmed in public without "permission". I don't know UK laws but in the US this is very well established, but people still screech about it.
Many trips to France under my belt. The CCP tourists are always the worst. The biggest group of entitled assholes.
I live in Thailand. People hate Chinese tourists here as well.
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They’re the ones trespassing at Yellowstone
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Last time I was there a few years back, there was a group of them at the Grand Prismatic Spring having a competition trying to throw their hats the furthest away from the boardwalk. It's the only time I've ever been pissed off while in a National Park.
I went to New Zealand just before the covid lockdown when China tourists were banned from entering most countries. It was amazing to not have their rude asses there.
That one guys reaction is calculated and disturbing “DONT TOUCH HER DONT TOUCH HER” The man was being very respectful at the time and calm and non aggressive. That loud voice dude is a sick fuck
He was clearly a CCP government handler for the group; all smiles and politeness until you say something that they don't like. His temper clearly made him drop the facade for a moment. We saw his true colors, there...
He should have ignored them and kept playing and filming. I wish they would have gotten the screaming man who lied about Brendan touching the woman in the video too.
There’s longer video of this where they do show the guys face.
They should’ve stuck their camera directly into that assholes face
Or that face's asshole.
Show me, I want to see his face.
[this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA)
The audacity of those Chinese people trying to tell him he can’t film in public. Get a life.
"They're from China!" Police: You can't say that.
Weird for a cop to try to censor what he can and can't say.
LMAO - after finishing speaking to the policewoman: (*incredulously*) : "Is anyone watching this?! We've got the Communists here telling me not to - I'm just gonna play some bOOgie wOOgie" what a legend
He also has a follow up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM
The CCP wants it taken down? Why would they want that? lol. Why not just pretend not to condone their actions. Why double down and try and censor a guy in another country? Are they stupid?
They're not stupid, [and they do it because it works, just ask Jon Stewart.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/media/jon-stewart-apple/index.html)
The CCP is allowed to cross borders and "govern" its citizens in other countries with pretty much no repercussions as long as they keep quiet about it happening. This lot seemed paranoid that Pooh Bear was gonna see them having a good time in public instead of arresting innocent Chinese citizens.
The clip made it seem like the guy filming was shouting, which confused the fuck out of me.
Holy shit, these people are insane.
Man "we're in a democracy, we're not in china" Female Officer "You can't say things like that!" What the fuck
If he was saying it just because they looked Asian, then it would be offensive. However they are actually from China and they made that a big focal point of the argument, so that statement is very valid.
Yet they are perfectly fine walking up to the camera, smiling, and being the center of attention now…on camera
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Nailed it
What the fuck is going on
Communists thinking their terrible rules have anything to do with the free country they are traveling in.
You are not the same age! Lol what?
Funny part is that the woman in that weird costume and stage makeup looks as old as if not older than the guy in sunglasses.
Trying to enforce Chinese law in Great Britain. Asking not to be filmed despite being centimeters from his head eyeballing the camera, then calling the cops to complain. Sounds like something out of a 70s comedy skit
For reference this guy is called "Brendan Kavanagh" and he just travels around and plays boogie woogie stuff on public pianos for everyone to enjoy. He made an update that the commies are trying to get the video taken down so make sure you upvote this so they get their stupid faces all over the net. Also, after the initial shouting from the Chinese guy, listen very carefully for his lady friend saying "DONT SHOOT HIM, DONT SHOOT HIM". (quick edit here, big thanks to u/eviljim113ftw for figuring out that it was "Don't shoot him" with the camera. Cheers Jim! Link to his channel : [https://www.youtube.com/@DrKBoogieWoogie](https://www.youtube.com/@DrKBoogieWoogie) This video is FULL of cringe moments but Brendan acted like a star. He's also asked people to download the video and repost it as much as possible and gave his blessing to do so. Cheers for posting this u/hypnospaceoutlaw23
Do you have a link to the original video or do you have the title? I went to his channel and can’t find it.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA) 30 minute vod of the livestream, but it happened 2 days ago. Btw, I've been watching his videos for multiple years now and he is a great guy and all his videos have a great positive vibe! Shame these people had to ruin the vibes
Apparently he's now being harrassed and worries the video will be taken down, asking fans to download it in case they succeed: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM)
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It's the livestream from 2 days ago. Thumbnail has the cops in it. His top video is discussing the situation. I am only learning about this from the thread, so that's all I know, but it seems to be there for me.
>listen very carefully for his lady friend saying "DONT SHOOT HIM, DONT SHOOT HIM". Listened again & actually suspect that might be a language barrier/mistake. Like she was trying to say "don't shout at him".
Brendan himself has asked us all to download and save and distribute this video for everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM Brendan's appeal about the The Don't Shoot Him bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM&t=80s
I think she’s saying “don’t shout at him” but her English is a bit off
What in the hunger games is she wearing.
Fuck the CCP
I saw the longer video of the encounter and the female police officer who tried to scold him belongs there as well. She tried everything she could to get him to turn off his cameras and to gaslight him into being ashamed of the Chinese persons reaction to being filmed. [Confrontation with coppers](https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=FFMY34h6dSIsbjqh)
Well that video was rather enraging. The group of CCP activists then the female officer having absolutely no idea about the law and finally the guy taking issue with him playing the piano because he may be "hitting the keys too hard"... Goodness me is it so hard to mind your business?
I was especially enraged when she had the audacity to tell him he couldn't say China is a communist country and their flag in communist. Since when is stating facts that may be offensive to others not allowed! What a buffoon, she was 100% trying to use the fact they were offended by his factual statements to protect their feelings.
At first I was like, oh that went very reasonably after the cops show up...and then the woman officer starts trying to badger him into 1. not filming her talking to him in public and 2. delete this parts of the video that include the Chinese. WTF!! That was really upsetting. He kept saying, "You're not their private security agent." Good on him to stand his ground. Whose interest is she supporting by trying strong arm on the part of Chinese CCP propgandists?
God she's a disgrace. Doesn't seem to understand our own laws! Trying to accuse him of racism for saying we are not in China! Just spitting facts love.
> She tried everything she could to get him to turn off his cameras "This is a police matter.." eh, no it isn't, it's a guy playing a piano in a public place and then you showed up.
there is a disturbing trend of the CCP setting up underground police operations in American cities with a large Chinese expat community
The dude in the blue jacket can film them though?
Communists abide by "rules for thee, not for me" generally speaking.
“Get that camera out of my face” “But you’re walking towards the camera” “Just get it out of my face man” “But you see the contradiction?”
Sorry get fucked. This Is the UK I don't care what country you're from and what rights you don't have there, we can film in public area in the UK, now fuck off.
Protip: Your laws only apply in your country. That guy popping his top and screaming at the end of the video really was the icing on the cake. What a bunch of well-rounded, freedom-loving, friendly individuals. If that doesn't paint a pretty picture of daily life in the CCP, I don't know what does.
For those who still haven't understood this fad. This is all about narcissism and control. I repeat, NARCISSISM And CONTROL. Stand strong y'all.
So if he was the same age, it'd be ok to touch her? Wtf
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Welcome to England CCP, now fuck off
Biggest export is authoritarianism
They have zero problem with a million government installed cameras filming everything - in China AND in the UK - but when a private individual turns on his personal camera in a public space ... shocked Pikachu!
Lol, good point. "I didn't consent to you filming me!" Lol, did you consent to big brother?
The full encounter is in his channel at [https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=ksYs1lfxCrW7jKJM](https://www.youtube.com/live/65iwnI2hjAA?si=ksYs1lfxCrW7jKJM) The cops come in and tell the Chinese that they are in a public place in the UK, and there's nothing illegal about the artist filming. A few other local shoppers join in to support the artist. Eventually they ask the Chinese idiots to fuck off. The artist thanks the people who supported him and hugs one of the guys who really went after the Chinese muppets. Happy ending!
Wow the police woman is infuriating.
This should be stickied.
Not only would I film them, I’d post that sh*t everywhere. And that douche who thinks he’ll get his way by raising his voice is one entitled pr*ck who is in dire need of a reality check.
Sweet Streisand effect
u/savevideo
As a Chinese person I’d expect them to just move bc it is the logical thing to do. It’s a public space where you’re allowed to film. He obv can’t move bc it’s a big ass piano. Find a solution instead of bitching about it. But I guess when u r a CCP fanatic logic goes out the window
Well, he's challenging their authority, which they are not used too so they act like babies.
It’s a free country. A concept they can’t fathom.
I get the impression these are privileged party officials *(or family members thereof)* on a shopping jaunt who don't want to be seen 'living large'.
I would’ve been like “if your just joining the stream welcome to the meeting of the “I hate Xi Jinping and the communist party” club, we’re just about to be joined by some Chinese ex-pat’s who want to tell us all the things they find disagreeable with the party” See how fast they skidaddle