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Late afternoon march to BAA - Cops go crazy

snapper | 19.08.2007 19:28 | Climate Camp 2007 | Climate Chaos | Repression | London

When the group left from the rear of the camp, at first mounted police tried to ride into people but soon backed off and allowed them to stream across the field. As the people approched the opposite side of the field there were many vans of riot police arriving in adjacent streets and deploying to meet the protestors. There were even van loads of police getting changed into their riot gear on the M4 motorway before scrambling up the bank. As protestors moved along the fence or tried to climb out of the field the police attacked them with batons and shields. I saw several hit, punched, repeatedly thrown to the ground, pushed into ditches, and sworn at. Over the next 15 minutes more and more riot police kept arriving (something like 100), many running into the field following mounted police that had galloped into a gap in the fence. Police prevented media from entering the field and a high hedge prevented them filming the scenes in the field.








(as close as I could get to the group after the riot squad went in)
(as close as I could get to the group after the riot squad went in)


The police officers were clearly hyped up after days of sitting around waiting for this demonstration. They lashed out against peaceful demonstrators without cause or provocation. Many protestors managed to keep skirting the field trying to get away from the chasing riot police, althouth two groups got surrounded and detained for several hours. Many managed to get over to the BAA building for the demonstration there.

snapper

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unprovoked.... my arse

19.08.2007 20:25

you state that the police staged an unprovoked attack on your groups. As an impartial observor, neither activist or police i know that weapons were thrown and also urine and faeces were found stored in bags earlier in the week. you wonder why they stopped you from progressing.

isn't it convenient that everytime you claim you were provoked or the police attacked you without provocation the media were "too far away" or "not allowed" any closer. as per usual with media hungry people you are editing and deleting/adding bits to make you sound so inocent.

you complain about the environment yet what do i see parked down my local streets, 20 odd year old diesel vans and cars spewing out untold amounts of carbon. practice what you preach before you come and camp on our doorsteps causing as much trouble as you can.

Anon a local resident

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clip ther wings(local resident 2)

19.08.2007 20:57

yeah suppose your rite, destruction of local houses,school, community, etc is just that, being provoked, still we stay strong, peaceful yet disobedient. all power to the people! (wingclipper.)

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Heartfelt thought..........

19.08.2007 21:46

You dirty crusties really are silly twats. Get a wash and a job.

David Scott

police brutality

20.08.2007 11:52

It's pretty piss-poor to see the corporate media spinning the violence seen at heathrow on Sunday. Every one of them talks of 'clashes between police and protesters', as if this was a two sided affair. It is, however, plain to see from the tv footage that it was the police using all the violence - the only clashing on the protesters' part was their bodies getting in the way of police batons.

Still, at least there's the state media of that well known land of the free, China, to tell us what really happened -

 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/20/content_6571243.htm

monkeychad

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