Heavyhanded police tactics lead to blockade and arrests on Make Poverty History
Caroline | 02.07.2005 22:20 | G8 2005 | World
Indiscriminate use of the riot squad led to a minor incident - when a small group of protesters on the make poverty history march decided to talk an alternative route - being escalated into a major standoff, with at least a hundred riot police and several hundred uniforms (including the Met Police Forward Information Team) blockading Buccleugh Place for 2.5 hours.
Eventually a S60 was declared over the whole of the City Centre and the Meadows, allowing Police to arrest those protesters who refused to show their faces to be photographed.
Some of the Scottish force in particular were very scared, particularly of the Clown Army, fluffy though we know they are.
What have they been told that we are likely to do to them?
Photos at:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315582.html
Some of the Scottish force in particular were very scared, particularly of the Clown Army, fluffy though we know they are.
What have they been told that we are likely to do to them?
Photos at:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315582.html
Caroline
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