Police herd Gaza demo out of Kensington 17th January - video

As the police blocked people marching from Trafalgar Square to the Kensington, causing chaos on many Westminster streets as a result, there was also a small demonstration at the Israeli embassy, with a massive police presence.

From 7pm the protesters were repeatedly told that their time was up, and that they had to leave the area, at 7:30 police began to push them out of the barrier cage towards Kensington High Street tube, but as on nearly every day people tried to take the road rather than the pavement. There was a standoff, and reinforcements were sent in before the protesters, now numbering around 80, were slowly marched into the underground station by at least 100 police in riot gear. Another 50 police and several horses remained at the embassy.

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News & Politics

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• protest
• Gaza
• Palestine
• Israel
• Kensington
• London
• police
• repression
• whosestreets

[turboreloaded]

You are completely wrong, windows were smashed and they try to force penetration of a street that is full with 14 embassies, this is not middle east, we have to come and go, we have our wives and children, the attitude of protesters was absolutely no sense as usual.

[Heroes2991]

why the fuk are the police trating them like criminals..they were told to leave at 8pm, and they were blocked off and herded at 7.55pm.

seems like the police wana cause trouble themselves, and encourage the protesters to fight back so that the police can use extensive force to calm the situation.

has this got anything to do with the fact they are protesting against Israel?

wud it hav been the same if it was against Gaza?

police brutality if u ask me