April 1st timeline from Last Hours
Last Hours | 02.04.2009 08:52 | G20 London Summit | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles
Police attacking people on Cornhill at around 8pm
at 20:02 (01 Apr) More scuffles on princes st. Police telling people to leave over loud speaker but still very slow leaving. Maybe even one person a min now …
at 19:48 (01 Apr) Police dogs are being bought out at one end of the square. The queue to leave is moving at roughly 4 people every 60 seconds. #g20 #g20mel …
at 19:45 (01 Apr) People who were pushed off cornhill still giving the police grief on bishopsgate. Four police vans just arrived. #g20
at 19:44 (01 Apr) Police are searching everyone leaving from bank. People have just been pushed off cornhill w/ lots of violence. #g20
at 19:39 (01 Apr) There’s a rumour that climate camp has been kettled.
at 19:30 (01 Apr) People are being aloud out. A street party is happening in the remaining space. Someone has been knocked unconcious by the police #g20
at 19:15 (01 Apr) Police are charging the square and also just baton charged cornhill…
at 19:09 (01 Apr) Looking from cornhill something’s on fire in bank place. Fireworks being set off.
at 19:04 (01 Apr) Protesters have formed their own barracade to stop police charge.
at 18:48 (01 Apr) Police are slowly letting part of the crowd leave up cornhill #g20
at 18:34 (01 Apr) Police charge crowd at bank place.
at 18:32 (01 Apr) Cops are now pushing everyone out of pope’s head alley. Being very aggressive #g20
at 18:30 (01 Apr) About 200 people are stuck between a rock and a hard place on cornhill between to cop lines. #g20
at 18:26 (01 Apr) Another police line has been formed on cornhill towards bishopsgate. Very tense. Journo, “i’m gonna put on my helmet” #g20
at 18:22 (01 Apr) Horses deployed at other end of Cornhill. #g20
at 18:21 (01 Apr) Riot police caught between two sets of protesters. Crowd angry. Batons hve come out. #g20
at 18:17 (01 Apr) Scuffles on cornhill. People are screaming “let us out!”
at 18:12 (01 Apr) People gathering in solidarity on cornhill.at 18:09 (01 Apr) Arrest for unknown reason on lombard st. #g20
at 18:08 (01 Apr) Overheard mainstream media estimating 5000 still closed in @ bank of england. Mood is happy but tired. #g20
at 18:00 (01 Apr) Limbo is happening in #g20cc climate camp along w/ lots of workshops & food. Cops for most part keepin distance.
at 17:44 (01 Apr) Protesters are getting angry with the amount of time being held. Police seem to be making no attempt to let people disperse. #g20
at 17:24 (01 Apr) Confrontation on left corner of Bank of England. No batons yet but stand off. #g20
at 17:18 (01 Apr) Cops seem to be letting people out around bank place, but noone in #g20 #g20meltdown
at 17:08 (01 Apr) Everything is chilled at the moment. All roads are blocked by police around queen vic street. #g20
at 16:59 (01 Apr) Climate camp has been set up on bishopsgate. Big banner ‘nature doesn’t do bailouts’, lots of tents & people drinking beer. #g20
at 16:52 (01 Apr) Hundreds of police lining up on princes street.
at 16:49 (01 Apr) Another sitdown on the corner of poultry and q.vic st. Police have stopped driving people back for the moment. #g20
at 16:41 (01 Apr) Protesters pushed back to bank station on q.vic st.
at 16:40 (01 Apr) Someone arrested on bishopsgate for swearing(!) #g20
at 16:39 (01 Apr) Some one knocked out by police baton charge near canon st #g20
at 16:21 (01 Apr) I tell a lie! People being let through joinin #g20cc climate camp?
at 16:20 (01 Apr) Blocked on bishopsgate. #g20
at 16:16 (01 Apr) Mass sit down police very violent moving back down q.vic st. Bangers have been set off.
at 15:56 (01 Apr) Going up eastcheap past monument heading east. Almost no police cept fit team #g20
at 15:58 (01 Apr) Have looped bck frm eastcheap onto fenchurch street. Police hve caught up though. Marching onto gracechurch st to? #g20
at 15:55 (01 Apr) 1000s streaming along canon street #g20
at 15:05 (01 Apr) Police shift change on cheapside. 15 vans & 12 cars. Riot police running dwn bow st. People tryin to get to west end? #g20
at 14:28 (01 Apr) Thousands of people can still be seen up threadneedle street. On queen vic st an uneasy standoff. #g20
at 14:22 (01 Apr) And a bottle of ketchup(!) #g20
at 14:20 (01 Apr) Police have split up the group. Lots of pissed off people. Some bottles been thrown and brussel sprouts!
at 14:08 (01 Apr) Police just stopped blocking the junction of queen victoria st/ queen street for no apparent reason. Everyone broken through #g20
at 14:05 (01 Apr) Things are happening on queen victoria street outside the HSBC. It still has all it’s windows though! #g20
at 13:42 (01 Apr) The crowd’s really thinned out on bank place. There’s a rumour cops are lettin people out in ones/twos at the back #g20
at 13:34 (01 Apr) Cops clearly don’t like bob marley just randomly charging the demo during ‘one love’. #g20about 9 hours ago from txt
at 13:31 (01 Apr) Subdued mood in the crowd. Most people just chatting. One or two singing along to bob marley #g20
at 13:25 (01 Apr) Cops drinking water and waiting. Helicopter above #g20 #g20meltdown
at 13:20 (01 Apr) Stalemate. Police hve pushed everyone off bartholomew onto threadneedle st. 3 lines riot police, 2 lines horses, 1 vans
at 12:47 (01 Apr) Horses & riot cops moving up bartholomew street. People holding their ground. #g20
at 12:45 (01 Apr) Police are now in RBS. All the windows are trashed with grafitti on the wall. #g20 #g20meltdown
at 12:35 (01 Apr) Shit is kicking off. Riot cops out w/ horses. RBS smashed. #g20 g20meltdown
at 12:05 (01 Apr) Billy Bragg is singing the internationale. Noone else knows the words though!??
at 12:03 (01 Apr) And on this side an old skool rave! #g20
at 12:01 (01 Apr) There’s 100s of people going all the way up cheapside to st pauls. There’s a police line between them and the main protest. #g20
at 12:00 (01 Apr) Brass band look like they’re making a break for it w/ the eat the rich dummy! #g20
at 11:56 (01 Apr) All fairly calm. Speeches bein made by g20meltdown people. Apprntly penned in on all sides by the police who aren’t letting people in or …
at 11:54 (01 Apr) Lots and lots of people in bank place and the sun’s out. The horses hve made it onto the bank’s steps. #g20 #g20meltdown
at 11:50 (01 Apr) Police have been forced off threadneedle steet. “who’s streets, our streets”!!! Chants #g20
at 11:43 (01 Apr) Bankers being told to jump & chants of ‘a-anti-anti capitalista’ #g20 #g20meltdown
at 11:42 (01 Apr) Police hve split the crowd in two. Lots of screaming and frightnd people. Calm now. First chant of ‘off the pigs’. #g20
at 11:38 (01 Apr) About 4,500 people in bank place. Huge cheers going up. #g20
at 11:34 (01 Apr) Police are forming another kettle on threadneedle st. Silver march #g20
at 11:30 (01 Apr) Canon st procession goin up walbrook to bank now. Police walking them v slowly. #g20 g20apocalypse
at 11:28 (01 Apr) Canon street. Press and police surround horse & entourage as it starts to move off. #g20
at 11:23 (01 Apr) Silver march continues down old broad st. Police heavy with press.#g20
at 11:19 (01 Apr) Black horse at canon st tube moving off now. Cops chasing.
at 11:17 (01 Apr) Cops trying to move press away from silver horse demo. #g20
at 11:16 (01 Apr) Canon st meetup met w/ several line of cops. Some pushing. People have run into back streets. #g20
at 11:15 (01 Apr) Police walking people away from liverpool station. Some pushing from cops. #g20
at 11:05 (01 Apr) Police kettling protesters at back of liverpool st station. Horse is at front. #g20apocalypse #g20
at 10:58 (01 Apr) It says “smash capitalism”
at 10:58 (01 Apr) People have done a banner drop by tower of london. ”
at 10:50 (01 Apr) There’s HUGE numbers at london bridge for #g20meltdown. Cheers as mass goes past espclly frm kids on school trip.
at 10:39 (01 Apr) Critical mass blocking monument, ppl r moving to the g20meltdown points. About 250 on the mass now.
at 10:18 (01 Apr) Critical mass is opposite the european climate exchange where #g20 climate camp is meetin later. A huge line of cops are behind the gate.
at 10:08 (01 Apr) “Go to work you lazy bastards”. The man in the white van lets his opinion known at the #g20 demo.
at 09:55 (01 Apr) Critical mass has moved off up bishopsgate towards liverpool street.
at 09:45 (01 Apr) “we want to keep it as positive as possible”. The msg from #g20 critical mass, due to leave in 5 mins.
at 09:40 (01 Apr) Critical mass at bank place now. About 150 people hve gathered so far, and w/ the sound system just arrivd it sounds like a party!
at 09:15 (01 Apr) Cops & security guards on every corner of the city ready for #g20 critical mass.
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02.04.2009 12:56
I think this may have been me. I'm looking for witnesses who saw me batoned uncoincous a couple of hours earlier. I was carried into the middle after being knocked cold and the police batoning my video camera from my hands.
Its is a small white digital camera and has footage of the police officers who knocked me out during the baton charge. If anyone can help please email me: yukirat (@) gmail . com
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