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Angry march to remember man murdered by cops on Friday.

Guido | 26.07.2005 12:14 | Repression | Social Struggles | London

After the vigil to remember murdered innocent Jean Charles de Menezes several hundred people spontaneously decided that a protest march was a more fitting way to make their feelings known.

The march begins.
The march begins.

Getting louder.
Getting louder.

Noise under the bridge.
Noise under the bridge.

Sat down....
Sat down....

...and refusing to move.
...and refusing to move.

The MET gymnastics team swings into action.
The MET gymnastics team swings into action.

OK everyone, group hug!
OK everyone, group hug!

More cops arrive.
More cops arrive.

Not an unreasonable request.
Not an unreasonable request.


The march began without Police permission at Stockwell station and started heading for the MI5 building on the other side of the river. Police struggled to keep up with the marchers and tried unsuccessfully to reach any agreement about where they should finish. They also failed to make the march take a small part of the road to facilitate the traffic. At one point an Ambulance was allowed to get through.

As the demo reached Vauxhall cross more cops arrived and blocked the road trying to make everyone get onto the pavement. The marchers responded by sitting down to block the road so the cops allowed them to continue until the bridge where yet more Police blocked the road. The cordon prevented anyone from going further though people were allowed to leave in the other direction. There were no arrests.

Guido
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Worth marching for...

26.07.2005 15:13

Bravo to everyone who took part. I'm miles away, but burning with rage and pity about what happened to this innocent human being.

Sally

Brazilians highly spiritual peole

20.08.2005 09:12

Arriba Brazil,

Brazil will come out fine of the struggle..
Justice is demanded and must be done. None of us can live in peace anymore after what happened.
The american ways of ruling should be left for them only..If they want to kill eachother continuosly ..so let them do.

Cova