2/15 police practices
Alex Vitale | 08.03.2003 18:00
1) How were police deployed along the march route?
2) Were there barricades used along the march route?
3) How were police deployed at the rally?
4) Did the police use barricades to divide the crowd at the rally?
5) Did the police restrict the use of wooden poles/sticks to carry banners and signs?
6) How large a section of the city was closed to vehicles for the march and rally?
7) Were extra trains and buses made available to get people to and from the demonstration?
8) Were there any incidents of police provocation, including unnecessary arrests?
Any answers you can provide for any of these questions would be great. Also, feel free to forward me on to someone else who might have the answers.
Thanks for your help.
Alex Vitale
Department of Sociology
Brooklyn College
Alex Vitale
e-mail:
avitale@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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Police on Feb 15th in London
10.03.2003 18:33
At the US embassy there was heavy police presence, and protesters who formed up in a line were physically pushed back by the police.
A very large part of London was closed, including several tube stations. The march route was two-pronged, one starting at Gower St by the British Museum, and the other starting at the Thames at Embankment. Both marches converged on Picadilly Circus and headed up to Hyde Park for the rally.
Matt