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Hundreds of people push out of trafalgar square

pics | 21.11.2003 14:37 | Bush 2003 | London

Shortly after the main demo + rally had officialy finished at 7pm:

crowd leaving trafalgar square
crowd leaving trafalgar square

part of the crowd were stopped by a single line of police
part of the crowd were stopped by a single line of police

nearby police used force unsuccessfully try and stop people moving
nearby police used force unsuccessfully try and stop people moving


Hundreds of people left the square last night together in a block. Police stopped about one third of the crowd with a cordon, while the rest went on to march through the streets at roughly the same time as Bush's motorcade was due to leave Buckingham Palace (apparently this was re-routed at the very last minute).

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Planned action...not...

21.11.2003 17:39

I was one of the first out (it was mostly cyclists who just wanted to carry on cycling).

Before I knew it there were hundreds of people running up haymarket behind me.

The funny thing is, i dont think any of us knew where we were going, we were just fed up with heavy handed policing trying to herd everyone like sheep.

Gug

Running/Cycling/Dancing

28.11.2003 15:48

I was one of the many all of a sudden running along with the cyclists and dancing to the *fantastic* soundsystem. I don't think it was planned but it was great, and even though we were cordoned outside Hyde Park for an hour(?) we still had the music and a good ol' shindig. Thanks to everyone involved!!
If anyone else was involved please write something!

Ragtop