By the time I cought up with the protesters at the Stock Exchange
the protest there was in full swing
I think some police had been there waiting for the protesters and
another van drew up as I arrived
There was enough red smoke at times to make it hard to see and difficult
to take photographs or breathe.
Some protesters rushed around to the Paternoster Square entrance and
I followed them more slowly
One woman had been held by police officers behind the police line
in front of the Stock Exchange entrance
and they were grappling with her while her comrades outside demanded
her release.
Police continually shouted at the protesters and most held their batons
in a threatening fashion
The police continued to have trouble trying to subdue and handcuff
the protester
More smoke drifted across
The woman was clearly suffering some pain
There was a determined attempt to break the police line and rescue
her, but
the police managed to hold them and push them back. It was rather
dark for action pictures and few of mine
were usuable, partly becuase of the pushing by both police and protesters
An officer recovers his hat
The protest had closed both street entrances to the Stock Exchange
Some of the police had clearly become too involved and it looked as
if they might need medical attention
The stalemate was still continuing when I left. The protesters had stopped
police trying to bring their areested
comrade out to a waiting police van, but seemed unlikely to be able to rescue
her. Nobody seemed to know why
police had arrested her and not the other protesters. I
was told later that after I left there were three other arrests, one
of someone who tried to hand biscuits to those held by police.
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