G20 What happend at the Bank Of England

After a peaceful and carnival like protest at the Bank Of England Police Prevented thousands of protesters from leaving the protest many of them wanting to attend the 2pm Stop the War Demonstration. Peaceful protesters agrieved at not being allowed to leave the demonstration became ever more annoyed however remained peaceful. There was no access to food water or toilets. No one was attacking any bank or any person. People had to pee in the streets which the gutters soon filled up. Bankers did attend the protest were inside the cordon and engaged in peceful banter with protesters and no violence insued form this. There was a carnival party atmosphere as promoters had advertised.

A recent government MP's report which condemned Police for interfering with legitimate peaceful protest in three ways. These were 1. Intimidating protesters by photographing and acting agressively towards them. 2. Unlawfully Detaining them in cordons and not allowing them to go about their democratic right to peacefully demonstrate 3. Using laws not meant to be applied to protest such as the Harrasment Act and the Anti Terror Act.

It has been seen by protesters that the police are trying to keep people away from protests and their detention of large crowds of peaceful protesters is not only illegal it is the Poice acting as a political wing of the Government when it should be unbiased and not deliberately frustrate freedom of speech.

After 2 1/2 hours protesters were still not reacting to being cordoned in. Things remained calm until Police allowed the protesters to head down Queen Victoria Road towards mansion house. The protesters thought they were all being allowed to leave. A calm atmosphere continued until almost Mansion House station where at the corner of Queen Victoria Road and Queen Street a small Group of Police Batton Charged protesters and beat several of them trying to form a new cordon and push people back up towards the Bank Of England. The Police were then surrounded and outnumbered for a short while. Nobody was attacking what appeared to be a small group of vulnerable riot police stuck in the middle of a crowd they had just baton charged. The crowd could have easily turned on them and they didnt. It was not clear immediately as to why the police let people leave the demonstration then attacked them shortly afterwards.

It however did become clear that Police were re-enforcing from this end of the city and the Police resouces such as about 10 of the new black anti terror trucks (a resource/ toy not yet used) with the grates over the windows and hundreds of more riot police were stationed at the end of the road where they let people out of the original cordon. It would appear that police let people out of their 2 hour detention and led them straight towards the baton charge.

The police admit one of their tactics is to cordon protesters in a cordon. No police officer could say if they had envoked section 14 legislation for fear of violence. They cited common law however would not explain what part of this they were detaining people under. One officer told us it was because someone let off a firework.

It would appear that protests which have little or no police prescence are largely peaceful. Ones where people are cordoned in and detained for over two hours annoys people and incites what may have otherwise been peaceful. Recent incidents in January included Police Leading thousands of protesters into the Hydepark Corner Underpass telling them it was the way to the protest outside the Israeli Embassy. Before a baton Charge in the Tunnel (and out of site of the camera's)

At no point were people being told why they were being detained and were not given access to water or sanitary facilities. It was however interesting that within about 5 minitues of leaving the protest being one of the few to make it out that I walked past the new riot vehicles heading towards the Bank. I looked down to see the Evening Standards News Flyer outside a News Agent. It said 'Police in Battle with rioters over the City'. It would appear that protesters kept calm for so long that they needed to incite something so that the already printed evening standard would in fact read true.

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[GoldenbanjoDJ]

Why is it that i never believe any of the stories presented by liberal nutjobs like this?

They have a track record of making things up, creating and then playing the victims, and their political and moral stances lack intelligence and rationale.

Oh and videos of such protests show that police units don't act without being taunted in some way. Basically, this guy talks bollocks. I was there for the Liverpool protest, and they gave as good as they got, except the protestors gave it first.

[fourmanfilms]

@GoldenbanjoDJ no facts included. just accusations. get an education string a better argument together....

[Lucycs1]

6 of one, half a dozen of the other. If you throw a fence and bricks at police trying to keep you in one area to minimise the security threat to the extremely high profile G20 leaders, what do you expect? This video is basically trying to justify the violent retaliation of the protestors, which is exactly what the media was doing with the police. Definitely 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. Everyone is to blame.

[fourmanfilms]

No one reacted to the police cordon. It was after they let us go that they baton charged the crowd at the mansion house end and reformed the cordon there. 20 police were surrounded by heaps of people who could have easily hit out at the police for baton charging them. The crowd didnt touch them just surrounded them so that they wouldnt hit out at more people. No doubt the police deemed this reason to get the riot vehicles and other unused kit worth millions to test it out.

[surfwyke]

Bah!

The kids today havent got the minerals for rioting,back in the 90s we kicked the filths arses on several momentous occassions,remember the mayday riots and the poll tax riots,now that was true anarchy.

Not a bunch of middle class cyber activists on a jolly day out with the great unwashed,might be time for the old dogs of war to emerge and show you kids how to do it properly.

^I^

[fourmanfilms]

FOYC

[bstopard]

A very clear description of baffling events. Britain has lost it's right to protest unopressed. A very dark day in our history.

[ectomorfoo]

I was kettled in Prince's St by the Bank of England for 4 hrs. No reason was given and no info on how long I would be kept there. There were no toilets (in spite of £7.5m spent!) and no access to water, food or medical facilities. I saw people collapse and very distressed people. I saw Billy Bragg grab a small baby to stop it being swept away by charging riot police. Its mother was then refused permission to leave the cordon. An absolute disgrace and some of the worst policing I've ever seen.

[GoldenbanjoDJ]

@fourmanfilms

maybe you didn't see the part where I said "I was there"?

And it's common knowledge that you lot make things up to seem like the wronged party. Just look at interviews recently of liberals saying that the police charged their horses at them for no reason, and then you see video evidence of them throwing crap at the horses. You lot talk bollocks every single day and no-one respects you for it. Education? Lol u make me laugh

[littlemissbliss]

O so we weren't the first to be beaten for leaving our homes so IMPORTANT people could party.

[ivannoun]

don't be so stupid and naive. that's exactly what the media, banks, and government want. they want rowdy protesters instigating violent attacks so that the police have an excuse to beat the shit out of them. how do you think it looks on the news when a bunch of protesters are beating up the police. it only enforces negativity towards protesters. people must be peaceful and have as many signs as possible and loudspeakers so they can be heard. i'm angry too, but people need to be smart. wake up