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Anarchists fight with police...and win!

cardiff anarchist network | 01.04.2009 18:03 | G20 London Summit

After breaking through police lines and storming of the royal bank of Scotland, anarchists are claiming victory.

We’ve had a great day. It’s been fantastic! We said we’d storm the bank and we did. They couldn’t stop us. We broke through the police lines and the royal bank of Scotland was trashed. We’ve won! We’ve done what we said we would. It feels fantastic. We’ve had a brilliant day!

We estimate numbers of demonstrators at 8,000. The police were saying about 4,000 in Threadneedle St alone so add on a few thousand to that.

The journalists caused horrendous problems. When we wanted to get through police lines, they were pushing back against us. They were real nerds. They kept pushing in between us and the cops, which was a real problem because when the police were hitting people the journalists were stopping us getting to the injured. Their presence was also stopping demonstrators from going through police lines. In terms of numbers there, half were protestors and half journalists.

The police have used batons on people. They’ve used horses but not for charging. It’s been baton charges. It is arguable that they were less aggressive because the press was there. They could’ve been more aggressive. It could’ve have been worse. Whether the presence of the press tempered them is a possibility.

 http://southwalesanarchists.org/2009/04/01/anarchists-fight-with-policeand-win/

cardiff anarchist network
- e-mail: cardiffanarchists@riseup.net
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Comments

Display the following 33 comments

  1. Heh - read that article in a welsh accent ! — nerdy journo
  2. Now, now - there's no need for that.... — Welsh Mandy in Camden
  3. Fuck you journo — Welsh anarcho
  4. typical xenophobic bleating from parasite journo — anon
  5. Journalist are worse than soldiers! — John Smith
  6. Dear nerdy Journo — not welsh
  7. Help for a lazy journo — Groovy Bob
  8. A cracking day — Francis H. Giles
  9. For god sake, anarchists! — @-commie
  10. Don't need them — Stroppyoldgit
  11. sticks — morris
  12. I was taking a (predictable) piss — nerdy journo
  13. some tough love — stats
  14. Victory? — Dom
  15. A victory. — Gwent Anarchist
  16. @ neardy journo — Glyndwr
  17. @ neardy journo — just
  18. We've Won?! — The Joker
  19. Great British Public - quietly appreciate the sentiment, if not the style — venture anarchist
  20. Strange that the RBS windows weren't boarded up — waltzing matilda
  21. matildas right — shakin stevens
  22. Indymedia "free speech"...aye right! — Taffy Duck
  23. Bank Staff — Danny Bhoy
  24. Welsh .. — Another Journo
  25. anti-welsh bigotry is okay on indymedia... — anti-english bigot
  26. The english are a backward people — Cymru am byth
  27. @anti-english bigot — Yet Another Journo
  28. Rambo ramblings — Organic Oranges
  29. who can't take a joke now? — anti-english bigot
  30. @ Organic Oranges — Glyndwr
  31. Newport - City of architecture! — Dumphy the Dragon
  32. @ Glyndwr — Organic Oranges
  33. Anarchists are "claiming victory" hahahaha — Lenny
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