Security guards looked well hyped up inside the store as they patrolled the store and food hall, following groups of people they seem to have recognised.

Others simply threw out anybody they suspected of looking like they might turn out to be a protestor. I spoke to several people thrown out of the store for simply having the wrong sort of clothes on!

As the demonstration gathered outside small groups or individuals entered the store with flags, banners and flyers.

The first I saw of this was when a group of around 7 security started running at full sprint through the store shouting for people to get out of the way. Anyone would have thought they were responding to some life threatening emergency situation as they sent their normal shoppers diving for cover or knocked into them. Indeed their behaviour simply served to reinforce the disruption and drew the attention of many more shoppers.

The pictures show, top left, someone in white overalls being forcefully carried out of the store, top right and two security go to work putting a lone protestor in a wrist lock, both of them bending the persons wrist back as the person shouted they were being assaulted (a female store supervisor simply looked on without comment or intervention) - bottom left and another person is forcefully ejected, bottom right and making a speech gets yet another person ejected.

The security also had video cameras which they filmed many of the ejections with (maybe those people ejected could apply for the footage if they wanted, especially if they were assaulted like several were). People who were dressed smarter and were female giving out flyers seemed to get lighter treatment, first being asked to leave then more carefully ejected.

Several entrances were fully closed and others blocked by security vetting people going in or out.


Previous protest reports and background at:

 http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=33528&group=webcast

 http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36194