Violence erupts at People's Assembly protest

A sanctioned protest organized by Climate Justice Action to Copenhagen's Bella Center ended in violent clashes and arrests. Demonstrators pushed past police lines, prompting pepper spray and baton beatings from police. CNN reports that 250 demonstrators were arrested.

A second front opened as a peaceful group crossed a small bridge nearer to Bella Center, intending to meet NGO and developing country activists inside the high-security COP15 complex. A representative from the group negotiated with police, who offered to let them turn back without arrests. The group decided to make a push forward and the police responded violently, beating back and detaining the group.

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[garweb37]

WE WONT BE IGNORED!

[garweb37]

im moving to Denmark thats where the true movement is happening....just wait until theres hundreds of thousands of us on the front lines....WE WONT BE IGNORED!

[TheDailyConversation]

These protesters will go down in history for their bravery and insistence on bearing witness to our collective leaders' failure to act on the most important issue to face mankind.

[graeffin]

To whoever made this video, many thanks.

Representative democracy failed.

[guydecervens]

Wow, they all look really cold.

[rayofminneapolis]

Holy! You win some kind of video journalism award right now man. AMAZING.

[lacan75]

mexico has sent the worst capitalist pollutioner monkey: Felipe Calderon....he has the army in the streets here..so he can impose his neoliberal reforms....shout at him for me please...or give him the berlusconi teatment....jajaja...dont give up brothers...world is watching

[workingclasssociety]

police to protect them

military to fight it's wars

global formula to keep normal people in check and keep control.