To update the earlier info, after protestors had brought Cardiff city centre to a halt for three hours last night, enduring 'dirty tricks' from the police who sent spurious ambulances and even tried to get a fire engine to drive through the crowd in order to open a gap in the road blocakde, they cops finally let the mask slip and attacked the protestors around 8:45pm. Despite the fact that at NO POINT had there been any violence on the demo, except for that which the cops themselves instigated trying to clear the road in the wake of the protestors moving to let the ambulance through, they decided to pile in to arrest some of the protestors, and provoke a confrontation with the rest. One person was hospitalised with a split head after being hit with a truncheon on the BACK of his head as he was running away from the police lines - brave old PC Plod, battering people on the run. The cops chased witnesses away, claiming that they would call an ambulance, but one couple returned to find the young man still lying on the ground, 10 mins later, blood gushing from his head and no call having been made by the cops for an ambulance. Fortunately several people witnessed this violent assault, and the number was noted of the police officer involved. Despite the police violence, the whole evening's demonstration was good natured and hugely empowering - lets keep up the pressure!