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An Account- Street Battles, Then Boxed in Holles St.

a | 02.05.2001 01:53

I arrived on Oxford Street a little before 4pm. Heading west towards Oxford Circus and seeing the tremendous number of cops up ahead, me and my friend ducked up a pedestrian walkway to the north and found ourselves in the middle of a chaotic street battle in Market Sq./Eastcastle St./Great Titchfield St. intersection. Demonstartors launched firecrackers and flares along with plastic and glass bottles at the lines of police who were busy attacking unprotected people with shields and batons.

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  1. Holles Street — jjf
  2. Countering draconian police methods — John
  3. Peaceful? — Paul Edwards
  4. Stupid copper — Paxman
  5. Fragile State — Beavis
  6. Oxford Circus — spritzer
  7. Violence came from one side only — greenity
  8. Oxfor Circus — spritzer
  9. Stating the Obvious — Nobby Cheese
  10. You are all hypocrites — Mike Smith
  11. Comment and question — Ian H
  12. Smash the system — Quinten Carruthers
  13. Muppet — Guêpe
  14. Naomi Klein... — PC Plod
  15. you what — rich city wanker
  16. AwayDay in London — Dirty Sanchez
  17. Well done, the police — Bubbles
  18. You filty animals haven't got a clue — Derek Thompson
  19. Peace & Love — Bobby
  20. you what — rich city wanker
  21. Police done a fantastic job - with SCUM — Dave the Rave
  22. from a clean person — kit
  23. The Police — Unwashed of Hampstead
  24. Your all a bunch of wankers — URGENT !
  25. Trains and buses in Communist countries — Mikhalov, K
  26. Crustie wankers — another city rich boy
  27. Pitiful — Ningle
  28. arf arf!! — dommer the great
  29. You crusty Tupes — Honourable George
  30. Fucking Hell . . . — Ningle
  31. Congestion — Rupert Mac
  32. bunch of smelly cunts — URGENT !
  33. Crusty Vermin — Welshman
  34. do you pay with seeds and fresh air?? — Jason King
  35. Haven't had so much fun since Euro 96 — PC Violent O'Bastard
  36. mayday2001 — pope
  37. Abuse of human rights — Dan
  38. If the detention exacerbated a cold . . . — Ningle
  39. Sue the police for your cold — Pyno
  40. get a wash!! — dommer the great
  41. Sue the Police ? Abuse of human rights ? — Get Real
  42. But Dan?! — Muckle Flugga
  43. I'll sue YOU, you crusty gets — P.C. Bubbles
  44. mindless wankers — dommer the great
  45. Even more powerless situation? — Homer J
  46. binaries are stupid — helen
  47. Helen, I certainly didn't say that — Pyno
  48. They take flares ......................... — Luther Blisset
  49. No nothing protest about anything muppets — Capatalist numero uno
  50. revenge — a g tant
  51. Loosing the plot — P leaves
  52. red ken — spritzer
  53. I am a capitalist wanker — Patrick
  54. ? — ooo mince
  55. Clever retorts — JK
  56. sadness all around — jojo
  57. Repetitive posts — Jon
  58. wot jobs as u got then? — your "typical anarchist"
  59. Trains and buses in capitalist countries — bob
  60. Check your facts — emma
  61. Holles street getaway — Puddle
  62. your answer — emma
  63. Fake comments from insiders — tobyslater
  64. why's suing the police so funny? — rochelle
  65. greetings from spain — Niflhel
  66. ?Hats off? — -([Oo])-
  67. It's called a search engine — Tom Jones
  68. HAHAHA — BlackFlagz
  69. IP log — access.log
  70. HAHAHA you're the prick — Mike Ormiston
  71. anti-capitalism is critique of the status quo — pray
  72. What if the Status quo isn't that bad? — ANTIANTI
  73. your status quo — anti
  74. Some Reminders — Dee Man
  75. thank you (sir) john stevens — d.v.selvanayagam
  76. What was Achieved — meberry68
  77. Most of their e-mail addresses are fake too — tobyslater
  78. Re: You Crusty Tupes by Honourable George — sophie
  79. samba party — samba sally
  80. hOpe lies between us — mOya
  81. It's good to talk — Brandcityrollers
  82. types of protestors — rich
  83. City Wankers Prove Stupid Mentality — Ilya
  84. Great!! — rif
  85. Thank you Rochelle — Dan
  86. Who are you kidding?? — Lucas
  87. mayday — tony
  88. ahhhhh, you poor picked on things. — sony
  89. LOL — ZZ
  90. Enforced sterilisation — cybergroover
  91. Hey groove idiot — Genetix
  92. everyone's gone mad. — Dan.
  93. Capitalists are the biggest anarchists of all — Kirst
  94. You 've got too much to lose... — Publica
  95. the right to strike — future man
  96. Enforced sterilisation — Rooibard
  97. Okay, I am a real member of the public - — Simon
  98. use your own name please — dan - the real dan
  99. VIOLENT PROTESTERS — Hugh Jones
  100. COMMUNISM VS CAPITALISM — Hugh Jones
  101. Some feedback on the hate mail from UK public — Dan
  102. Grow up? — Bemused
  103. Re: rely on the wealth... — Mr S
  104. dear blackflagz — re: hahaha
  105. Missing the point — Dave
  106. Re: Urinating in the station — Mr S
  107. Extermination — Hugh Jones
  108. Anarchism — Mr S
  109. Political ignorance? — Jim
  110. Missing the point — cybergroover
  111. bhahtee — bhahtee
  112. religion....good excuse for a war — moses
  113. Taxes — B. Dellar
  114. violence — loob
  115. tough — symapthetic - not
  116. The split in society (sic) — Paulus
  117. The truth of the day — Sorry can't say
  118. My five pence — Jon the baptist
  119. Plod — *
  120. my ten pence — /
  121. Real religion — cybergroover
  122. well done the police! — ben
  123. In reply... — Trim
  124. i despair — Trim
  125. ? — ?
  126. HEY BEN! — BlackStarz
  127. What is funny... — Joe Hill
  128. slightly overdramatic i fear — ben
  129. suggestion for Joe Hill — ben
  130. Last Gasp! — BlackStarz
  131. middle ages, bracknell? — ben
  132. Voice in the wilderness — Dave
  133. 'Joe Hill' vs 'The Hippies — Jimi Hendrix & The Spirit Of May '68
  134. one more... .. . — blackSsSsSstar; ]
  135. the anti protester crew — popshot
  136. Tough Shit - Stay at Home — rioter basher
  137. WTF? — All-power-corrupts
  138. To The Police On This Board — tobyslater
  139. scroungers? — Alan James
  140. Stupid — bobby
  141. fuck the — person
  142. !Fuck tha police! — Fuck u too
  143. Crunch! — Cop-muncher
  144. national lotteries needed — proffr@fuckmicrosoft.com
  145. working hard after a hot bath — not on the dole
  146. Only me — Dave
  147. Hell hole in Holles Street — Nicole Rafaelo
  148. natural odour — Demi
  149. Violence — Demi
  150. You already tried and failed ! — ???
  151. 51st State — Greedy Yank
  152. Ronnie Biggs — Far Canal
  153. All pro-capitalist rants... — uruisc
  154. Focus Group — Santa Claus
  155. To "???" — Demi
  156. Mayday Reports Needed! — Mayday2001.co.uk
  157. Unclaim The Streets — I Love Ferraris