{"id":7600,"date":"2009-04-01T08:48:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T13:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2009-04-01T08:52:37","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T13:52:37","slug":"voa-news-thousands-protest-in-london-ahead-of-g20-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=7600","title":{"rendered":"VOA News: Thousands Protest in London Ahead of G20 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By VOA News<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2009-04-01-voa17.cfm\">01 April 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thousands of angry demonstrators have converged on central London to protest against the G20 summit, challenging police conducting one of the city&#8217;s largest-ever security operations.<\/p>\n<p>By mid-morning Wednesday, protesters were pushing against police barricades outside the Bank of England, where they threatened to storm banks in what they called &#8220;Financial Fools Day&#8221; demonstrations. Television footage showed some protesters bloodied as they pushed against police lines. Police were also blocking crowds in front of the London Stock Exchange and other financial institutions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2009-04-01-voa17.cfm\">Read the report<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/mediaassets\/english\/2009_04\/Video\/wmv\/LondonG20Protest01Aprwtag.wmv\">View video (WM)<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/london.indymedia.org.uk\/articles\/943\">Latest updates from Indymedia London<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>14.22pm &#8211; G20 Meltdown: There is still a large crowd at Bank &#8211; cordoned off in a police pen, with no one allowed in or out. At RBS Bank nearby, Bartholomew Street police are violently attacking the tightly-packed crowd.<\/p>\n<p>14.15pm &#8211; Climate Camp: The camp is relaxed with games, food, speeches and school kids enjoying the recliamed space.<\/p>\n<p>13:50pm &#8211; G20 Meltdown: Police trampled over people sitting on the ground peacefully with riot police on horses.  A guy&#8217;s flute was kicked away from him since it could be &#8220;used as a weapon&#8221;.  One imc reporter reports being thrown to the ground, punched and kicked by a police officer, with the cop shouting &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame isn&#8217;t it&#8221; as he continued to kick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By VOA News 01 April 2009 Thousands of angry demonstrators have converged on central London to protest against the G20 summit, challenging police conducting one of the city&#8217;s largest-ever security operations. 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