It's about the oil, stupid !
Tim Barker | 29.09.2002 18:09
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Tim Barker | 29.09.2002 18:09
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"the police seemed pretty cool...etc"
30.09.2002 12:58
I think your hopes are misplaced. See my article above "No devastation without United nations!"
Mr Opinions
"the police seemed pretty cool...etc"
30.09.2002 13:00
I think your hopes are misplaced. See my article above "No devastation without United nations!"
Mr Opinions
Uncool
30.09.2002 16:52
They did close the traffic off at the top in the end but only when they chose too. I was looking for the coach with a five yr old in tow at 5pm just before they shut the road off. Absolute traffic nightmare. Finally found the coach parked up way away. Because the police failed to block the road off coaches had had to circle for hours. So, many people couldn't find their coaches where the pick ups were intended to be and coaches were late back which costs money. The coach driver said he had never known the police be so arsey about letting coaches park.
Cool? Don't think so. The police didn't give a shit. We could have got mown down by a BMW trying to get across the barriers onto the grassland to get to the coaches on the other side.
Why didn't they block off a road for the coaches as usual (according to the coach driver)?
Do I really need to ask?
Heather
in answer
30.09.2002 18:10
I read your article Mr Opinions but I didn't really understand it.
tim barker
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My March
30.09.2002 23:23
I found it very tense just near Embankment station as the head of the march had moved off ages ago but still there seemed no movement near the bridge. The police had a line right at the front by the barriers that shut the road down from two lanes to one lane for marchers only.
It became clear that there were too many people and for the six or seven police ordered to hold the line and make sure no one crossed over to the other lane it was a pretty difficult situation.
Given stupid orders they couldn't enforce, some of them became very agitated and lashed out a couple of times. Others in the crowd tried to calm them down and de-escalate the situation - "everyone's here for peace".
Finally more senior officers called in reinforcements (about 13 officers in stab vests) who they told to start letting people through, but slowly.
This characterised it all for me, with tons of people leaving in other directions, making their own way to other points like whitehall and traf square. And later in the day tons of people leaving the march after many hours well before arriving at the end point at Hyde Park.
I arrived 20 minutes before the speakers finished...
Pete
Note from Bristol People
30.09.2002 23:37
Pete
police and police
01.10.2002 13:13
susan bruce