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Coordination for action against police brutality: Gaza and G20 protests

CFA | 08.04.2009 10:14 | G20 London Summit | Palestine | Repression

With the recent hype of Ian Tomlinson's death and the dangerous tactics used by the police on the G20 protesters we might have forgotten what happened during protests against Israel's attacks on the population of Gaza last January.

During those protests particularly on the 3rd, and more so on the 10th of January, the police used unprovoked baton charges while people were crashed inside a kettle. Outside the kettle, the police even charged us with galloping horses, injuring many (using galloping horses in a crow is also an extremely dangerous thing to do). It might be a good idea to coordinate efforts by the different people who witnessed and suffered from police brutality during these different events (Gaza protests, Bank of England and Climate camp). The use of kettling during the Gaza protests was incredibly dangerous and nobody in the press denounced it at the time. Also, we seem to have forgotten the straightforward racism deployed by the police, who would demand name and address of anyone looking a bit brown inside the kettle while leaving white people alone. Not sure whether someone is suing police for these events right now?

CFA

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  3. unacceptable — Fighting Fit
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  5. lets do it. — anon
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