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Old 04-02-2009, 04:42 AM   #15
Anchor
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Default Re: G20 protests- anyone else watching?

When I worked in London left work early (central london) and I went to want an anti-capitalist rally that was going on at the time.

It was (had been) a peacefull event, and I was there taking photos, chatting with some protestors, dressed in my pin-stripe suit, shirt and tie.

None of this dress down **** (which was sad, because you could spot the dressed down workers a mile off in thier expensive chino's and shirts lol!).

Anyway the worse danger I faced was nearly being run down by a police baton charge who decided that some of the people outside a pub were a bit rowdy - then this all kind of escalated into a bit of a riot with police horses, camera squads etc. I took some shots of that and then went home.

Anyway, the police are not nice in these situations in my direct experience. Agent provocateurs are definate possibilities.

Seems like same tactic different day.

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