At about 5:30pm the 2-300 people still in the detainment zone at Trafalgar Square tried to break out. Being on the other side of the police line was not all that pleasant, as there were quite a few bottles (mostly plastic) as well as sticks, firecrackers and smokebombs coming our way. Some serious anger and the only thing stopping people were the vans parked behind the lines. The officers at one point were squashed flat against their vans.

It was a weird one, that kettle. It was never entirely sealed off, but a constant tricklig in and out was going on at all times. Only, not everyone was allowed to walk through police lines. Even small groups of 10-15 people were stopped, the same as the larger crowds of a few hundred people. While other's were walking through the lines, I was stopped, being suspected of being a "protestor" and told that protestors had to leave at the other end. How do those officers tell who is a protestor or not? Seriously, wtf?