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Police attack Critical Mass

alien8 | 01.05.2001 08:25

Police have promised a heavy-handed approach for Mayday, and they have started to fulfill their promise earlier than many have expected.

At 9.10 am one of the peaceful and cheerful Critical Mass bike rides was attacked by around a hundred police. It started with police attempting to detain a pedestrian for covering his face - he moved off in to the crowd of cyclists and the police jumped him. They moved straight into the demonstration, grabbed two participants and detained them under section 60. Police seemed dangerously out of control - and it wasn't even 9am yet. The rest of the crowd stopped and started to blockade the road untill the two were released, and the Critical Mass moved on.

alien8

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  1. well done police — a mouse
  2. positive — seven
  3. well done ? — a cat
  4. thanks from londoners — Londoner
  5. police arrest three — fred
  6. thanks from londoners — Londoner
  7. Approved methods of blocking the street — Wechsler
  8. Can't think of a heading — Not Rupert Marsh
  9. londoners ? — a cat
  10. Freedom to Protest — anti-anti
  11. worrying Police tactics — flipper
  12. Not from London then?!? — Anon
  13. anger — a cat
  14. Sheep — Alan J
  15. State terror tactics. — Jim
  16. Medication — Anon
  17. I am from London — flipper
  18. Maybe it's _because_ I'm a Londoner — Not Rupert Marsh
  19. Dear Thoughtful Analytic Londoner — Rachel
  20. sitcom — a cat
  21. freedom of the city — weaver
  22. london calling — nutty
  23. A Comment on Strange Thanks — James
  24. sppelling — a cat
  25. Who said the police isn't a target? — john
  26. Sitcom indeed — Anon
  27. get it over with — thincat
  28. dig back... — flipper
  29. Lovely — Jim
  30. lovely — spritzer
  31. Twat! — Scott
  32. lame — flipper
  33. No way — spritzer
  34. get it over with — thincat
  35. Go lick your bosses ass! — Masked
  36. Grow up for God's sake! — max brockbank
  37. State terror tactics. — Britney Spears
  38. get it over with — thincat
  39. Fatcat — Calgacus
  40. get it over with — thincat
  41. Have a great day folks..... — J G
  42. grim down south innit — gg
  43. Thincat — Calgacus
  44. Peaceful So Far — dee231
  45. get it over with — thincat
  46. "two blind men"excellent! — michele mc
  47. WHO IS WHO IS WHO — Swing
  48. Another year of sleeping ahead.... — sad
  49. State terror tactics — Jim
  50. State terror tactics — Britney Spears
  51. re: thanks from londoners — dug
  52. Hey Jimbo — Tao
  53. only place to find out what went on — Judy Steele
  54. Hand over — Bounce
  55. only place to find out what went on — MIke
  56. mass protest? — pissed
  57. Win or lose — not that simple
  58. Try to stumble across a moment of clarity — anna
  59. Road Traffic Accident — pete
  60. Damn protesters — naturalized american
  61. Congratulations — Bendeus
  62. Dissent from America! — John Jacob Jingle Hammer
  63. ? — roget
  64. after the dust has settled ... — fOul
  65. Gassed — Roadrage
  66. Anarchist — Sceptic
  67. To fOul — Todays man
  68. Uh, it is still McDonalds... — Naive
  69. The Real IRA — Jimmy
  70. ? — john
  71. Live and learn — Luther Blissett
  72. capital kills — bob todd
  73. well said Bob — tom
  74. Concurring anarchist — Paul
  75. I'm not so sure,Bob — Bendeus
  76. injuries — -
  77. Maybe capitalism is anarchy — fOul
  78. i wasn't there but i wish i was — helen
  79. To Mr "Damn Protestors" — Damn Protestor
  80. Anarchy is not capitalism — Paul
  81. CCTV 1 EXAMPLE OF HYPOCRISY — NUMNUT
  82. clarification — Fozzie Bear
  83. MASKS — Jacks Draw
  84. Mindless — voyeur
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