Ouch
This was the first time in my life I had ever participated in a protest where the police were ordered to prevent us from marching. I’ve never seen such aggressive policing. They punched people in the nose, yelled insults at us, and pushed us into the footpath. They actively, deliberately tried to provoke violent clashes - as usual most participants in the rally were peacefully enacting their right to demonstrate, in public, their passionate opposition to war. Ah, Australia.
[…] Further along the policing horror continnum,here is a video of troops on Avenida Paulista, apparently shooting at anti-Bush protestors last week. […]
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