Stokes Croft Sees Second Night of Riots
imcvol | 29.04.2011 18:27
Last night saw a second night of rioting in Bristol. The police claim that they were attacked, yet protesters claim the police charged into a peaceful protest. The tension is far from over: Today Stokes Croft felt like it was in a different country with the chopper overhead and lines of full riot-equipped police in a stand-off with squatters and a gathering crowd of people at the blocked sections of Stokes Croft, Nine Tree Hill and Ashley Road. So while this area of Bristol feels like an occupied zone, the rest of the UK turns it gaze to the Royal Wedding. UPDATE: OFFICIAL ARRESTS FROM THE LAST 24HRS NOW NUMBER 30 Local writes: "They're evicting telepathic heights. The street is closed to traffic, the chopper is out and there are about 10 riot vans and a paddy wagon on the street with only the Stokes Croft Jakeys and occasional passer by watching. Three lads have barricaded themselves onto the roof and there's a bit of a standoff.. They're evicting telepathic heights. The street is closed to traffic, the chopper is out and there are about 10 riot vans and a paddy wagon on the street with only the Stokes Croft Jakeys and occasional passer by watching. Three lads have barricaded themselves onto the roof and there's a bit of a standoff.."
Stokes Croft warms up again! thurs pm/fri am | Guardian on Stokes Croft | Photos of Police Eviction of Telepathic Heights | See our Twitter Feed (for pick of tweets from last night... Links from last night: Riots Revisited (tumblr.com) | Ian Bone on last night's riots (wordpress.com) | Video of Police on Cheltenham Road (youtube.com) | Image: Sit in on Stokes Croft | From twitpic.com: Image: Police line from last night |
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Original article on IMC Bristol:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/704311