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Police asault on Christiania

underclassrising.net | 14.12.2009 23:43

Police asault on Christiania

Police are blocking all access roads to Christiania and unconfirmed reports have been heard of activists throwing bottles at them as the authorities show up at a party in preparation for the Reclaim Power action on Wednesday.

I have witnessed a large police presence ariving at Christiania in Copenhagenon the night of the party two days before the Reclaim Power action which will attempt to force its way into the Bella Center to declare a people's summit. A large contingent of riot police screeched to a halt at street corners and baracaded the entrance roads to the site of the squatted free-town. I have also heard unconfirmed eye-witness reports of activists responding by throwing bottles at the riot police and I saw plumes of smoke present in the street in front of the event.

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Tonight police hassle in photos

15.12.2009 00:04

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There's a lot off lessons to be learnt quick coming out of Copenhagen. I hope some rethinking of approach is going on.

Big up to all and esp the prisoners who rioted in temporary detention centre in Valby! Love and rage

@


200 arrests so far

15.12.2009 00:13

There is news of 200 arrests so far, all the area around the lake is full of cops telling ppl to leave or be arrested... coffeshops and pubs were raided in christiania and indiscriminate arrests made.
They want to do what they always wanted, to shut down the free territory of Christinia.

Christinia resists!

anon


quick report

15.12.2009 02:10

molotov coctails used to deter the police from christiania, about 10 people in gas masks, and 300 hundred of constantly retreating and running away thoughtless mob. riot provocated by black block or cia, because the logic of that provocation to me is unknown and i actually have met some american idividuals who were completely bizarre. maybe it is the shittiest and most stupid black bloc ever or this is the plan made for danish government to transmute christiania and put an end to the trace of freedom left in denmark.
the people who live in christiania really pissed off with the situation and i have a lot of sympathy to them as i wouldnøt like clouds of tear gas gettig to my house , noise of fireworks and screaming people when i will have little children or if i will be 60 years old.
basically the days of protest here are rubbish, people are not organised, sorry to say but having not more intelligence than a group of cows or sheep even if they plan something.
the police does what they want to them, and are outnumbering the so called black bloc a lot. i feel that if they want to they could wipe everybody out in two minutes.
what matters is the money. the danish police will get a lot of more money for stuff like this and they work 16 hours a day. i spoke to few older people who live in christiania and they told me exactly what im writing here.
fair play to british street medics, they really do a great job.

ninja


@ninja

15.12.2009 09:01

sorry to dis you ninja, but you sound like christiania is not used to riots with pigs!! it was obvious christiania would have trouble with police whether "blac bloc" turned up or not. the people of christiania have given up space for medics and other activist activities, so what the heck are you talking about...why would they have a medical center for activists in christiania if they were not expecting fighting with pigs? get real...the haven of anarchism in denmark was always going to be targeted, by other anarchists and pigs, too. where else is there for dedicated anarchist revolutionaries to congregate and fight, other than christiania??

yes, some residents will not like it, but they have space specifically for activists fighting against the UN's climate corporate plans and also the pigs on the street, unless you forgot that pigs are seriously abusing peoples rights. and the idea that this is all done to help the danish state is ludicrous!! also, the danish government has been systematically, sometimes with support from SOME christiania "bosses" or "ringleaders", tearing down certain homes in christiania...so sometimes the people expressing their dissatisfaction at the riots could be anti-christiania people, even though they live there!! its complicated, but for now, can we please refrain from assuming no one in christiania wants to fight back? because lots of them do it regularly on their own anyway..........

and if they didnt.why would they offer space to "internationals"?

think about it......

annoyed


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