Copenhagen: Clashes Erupt as Deadlock Continues

Danish police on Wednesday kept thousands of protesters from entering the venue where the United Nations climate talks being held. A police spokesman said 250 people were arrested at various points in Copenhagen, one day before the arrival of heads of state such as US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, China's Hu Jintao, Russian president Medvedev.
Near the Bella Centre, I saw four people being arrested. At exactly midday, approximately 500 policemen began moving in on a protest that they had declared illegal.
The protest at the Bella Centre was organized by the Climate Justice action network, a Danish group that has coordinate several demonstrations. They had permission for a peaceful protest, but also announced plans to break through the barriers around the centre.
The protesters wanted to hold what they called a Peoples Summit inside the venue at one oclock, together with non-governmental groups taking parts in the COP15 talks. Several NGOs, including Friends of the Earth, were denied access on Wednesday.
At the moment they were supposed to meet, about one thousand protesters found themselves surrounded by police in riot gear. Outside in the freezing cold with wet snow.
Police at several moments used pepper spray and battons.
When it became clear that the protesters no longer were able enter the Centre, the police took off their helmets to adopt a less aggressive stance..
Some riot police were given time to do something else while their colleagues practized crowd control.
Meanwhile, inside the Bella Centre, tensions were heating up again. Another day without real progress has passed, and, with 24 hours to go before the heads of state of a 110 countries arrive, the Danish climate minister, Connie Hedegaard, was replaced as President of the COP15 meeting.
Raymond Frenken, for EUX.TV in Copenhagen. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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[chickenliam]

This summit is a complete farce! Well what do we expect from dodgy science!

[yahazif]

It is a complete sham and a farce. We will probably never know if "anthropogenic climate change" is real because the gov'ts are not going to allow debate and the media is going to hide any disagreement. Only time will tell how much they are going to be able to use "climate justice" to ruin our economies.

[fjk1995]

Halloween games! -_-



[wichititty1]

@victorh1414 Bottom line is i am ashamed for being judgemental. I was raised to respect & have tolerance for others. Just because i dont agree with or like every aspect of the danish culture doesnt make me right. My apologies to the danish. I made some great friends while living there as well..Peace

[wichititty1]

@victorh1414 All in all i thought Copenhagen was way cool. The walking strets were so awesome as well as the architecture..Loved the lox & duck is better than turkey any day. We have ood & bad in every culture. I lived on Blagardsgade & was married at Town Hall..Congrats to the danish handball teem for the championship..My apologies for the narrow mindedness...Copenhagen is cool,,,Tuborg is very tasty as well,,,Peace

[wichititty1]

@wichititty1 I also admire the Politi there cause they dont needlessly harrass people like they do here in the States

[wichititty1]

@victorh1414 You are correct we do have alot of fat asses here who gorge on fast food. There is good & bad in every culture

[wichititty1]

@victorh1414 You are correct we do have alot of fat asses here on fast food diets

[victorh1414]

@wichititty1

Your food is shit and your country its full of fat people XD Just because you are too dumb to understand handball doesnt make it gay... We don't like your African movies and songs, we mostly listen to songs and watch movies from Europe that is a fact! The Danish language is not fucked, at least not more than the shit that comes out of your mouth. rip them wide open WOW your so fucked in the head! Our faggot prince? He is more of man than your Saddam Hussein of a president!

[wichititty1]

@victorh1414 Your food is shit,,,You have a faggot prince,,I wouldnt fuck a danish slut anyway & if i did i would rip them wide open,,your sport of handball is so gay,,like a childs game,,you listen to our music,,,you watch our movies,,no says I,,Im not mad,,he who angers you controls you,,like i m doing to you,,,LOL,,so swallow your damn food fool before you speak,,,

[wichititty1]

@Zippism This describes not subscribes ,,,,Geez your English is hideous man,,,the whole sentence is fucked,,,like the danish language,,LOL

[victorh1414]

@wichititty1

Ummm... You can't read. I said "I am happy to be home". That means that I am in Denmark. I don't want your hot dog or sandwich because they are both made better in Denmark... Muslim melting pot?? But hey USA is just like Africa!!! Your president is black and so is over 50% of your whole country!! I bet youre just mad because you have a small dick that Danish girls dont want to fuck! Stay at home in the United States Of Africa!