Public expressions of anger were met with the ' repressive state apparatus ' in the form of riot police.
Being attacked by heavily armed riot police is terrifying.
We passed several double decker busses of riot police on the way, police were all along the roads to Auchterarder.
More than half of these protests ended in the deployment of riot police or the army.
It was complete chaos and there were several scuffles with the riot Police and the mounted Police just causing more and more problems.