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Derby G8 M17 Police

Watching them watching us... | 17.03.2005 18:50 | G8 2005 | Repression | Sheffield

There were police photograpers from all over the country at the Derby G8 protest.

Man from the Met

Smile for the camera

Yellow Caps

Police photographers

Got my grumpy eye on you

Safety in numbers

Tourists welcome in Derby

We know who you are

Liverpool Police in their robocop body armour win the prize for the most over the top costumes (they were also camera shy so no snaps of them) and the London Met take the prize for trying hardest to intimidate the protestors.

According to the local rag there were "A thousand officers from 23 forces" and "policing the event was expected to cost between £1m and £2m", since there were perhaps 100 protestors it cost around £20,000 per protestor... bonkers.

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=131665&command=displayContent&sourceNode=124566&home=yes&contentPK=12058938&localNewsNodeId=124522

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Comments

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Police Filming Everyone + Everything — forward harassment team more like!
20,000 quid please — AH
FIT as F*** — SA
Spotters — spot
A Fine St. Patrick's Day — Ed
Robocops? — lls
That Robocop armour — andy
a few more thoughts — andy
D'oh! Ok, it didn't work — andy

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