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when i arrived in trafalgar square this evening there were still hundreds of mainly young turkish people milling around, some with banners and flags, some with drums and percussion, some dancing, some posing for pics.

i heard that police had just made announcements telling the crowd, many of whom had congregated there after a large protest earlier in whitehall, to disperse or face possible arrest.

the baby-blue tabards of police liaison officers (PLOs) intruding among the crowd were, as always, an unwelcome sight. many of these officers are ex-forward intelligence operatives, and while appearing friendly they are frantically feeding back intelligence to gain control of the crowd, manipulate dynamics, and spot "trouble-makers".

once crowd numbers were down to a hundred or so, the police withdrew, and the solidarity get-together continued.

i wasn't there for very long, but took a few pics to capture the flavour of the evening.

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