As arms dealers had dinner at the hotel, people, together with the samba band, called them terrorists, while penned between barriers along the pavemnet oposite.
The critical mass never made it to the hotel. At 8.15pm it was on its way up to Park Lane while the first 30 people had made it, some scorted by police, to the designated area of protest right next to Hyde Park.
At 8.30, some bikers were cordonned at the north end of Park Lane, while opposite the Hotel there were about 100 people by then (and more arriving). Some people passed by, were given a leaflet, and when questioned by the police whether to join the pen or go away, they decided to join in.
There were two arrests although the reason remains unclear. At least one person got stopped and searched by police, then dutifully escorted to the barriers where the demonstrators were allowed to stay.
A FIT team of 3 kept trying to photograph and video every one between the designated barriers, various legal observers gave very useful leaflets about citizens rights and the Samba Band kept spirits high all the way.
Authors of this report left the scene at about 10pm and the chanting still continued.
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