A link from RICK SAMMON's websit to LIFE photos of 2010...and yes the bull goring a matador is horrific...but the other photos are just as extraordinary:

http://www.life.com/image/ugc1145111/in-gallery/52491#index/21

"Bloody, Bloody Bangkok
Riot police stand in human blood spilled outside the residence of the Thai prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, by protesters demanding his ouster in March. The demonstrators -- known as the "Red Shirts" -- staged rallies in the spring against what they claimed was an illegitimate, corrupt government. The rallies -- often punctuated by Red Shirts spilling containers of human blood, collected from volunteers -- were frequently..."


What puzzles me here is this - why is the word POLICE written across the riot shields? Surely it should be in THAI unless we are talking about NWO armaments companies who don't bother to do 'country specific'...